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A  ■■  ■  u.  ,  year  has  wiug*d 
Still  wrapt  die  fuiu. 

An  eager  h.e-.e 
We  tone,  we  lijpe,  „ 
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^^the'Lt;^^  o?^1^  :IH     *~  - 

!  r  The  first  will  be  of  the  So.  at  ippi^^^^fi^ 
itnno  ol   new  moon    n   April;   a  verv  The  irrnnt^  *  ^  ,  '        lhe  north- 

tadl  eclipM,  aj  ri,ib.e  Jly  ii  a  .SilW  r^''  *%""  »?» 
part  of  the  *„„t!,ern  0«ean,  about  10UO  northwert  coL* „  "aCi  »*     "  "ea!'-tl,e 
iture.aoulhol^anDieiA.n's  Land.        Inortli  S-rfK o"h  America, a littl. 
II.  The  «co„dwill  he  of  the  Moo.vjcoun  r y  of  U,e  KahZh  * 


part  of  Kuropc,  Africa  and  Asia. 

Ths  moor*  in  silver  jlorv  shone 
And  uot  u  cloud  in  sii'ht,  ' 
Wluii  suddenly  a  shade  b-<jun 

Tu  intercept  hur  light. 
How  fast  across  her  or*  it  spread, 

n..\v  fast  ber  light  wi;hdrtw: 
.A  circle,  ting'd  wish  languid  red, 

Wu.s  all  Hjppear'd  m  view. 
While  many  with  unmeaning  ejo 
Gaze  ..di  thy  works  in  vain  ;  ' 
Assist  us,  l/ord,  tliat  we  may  try 

Instruction  to  obtain, 
rain  would  our  thankful  heart  and  lips 

Unite  in  prais«  to  thee  ; 
And  uicditatj*  on  thy  eclipse, 

in  sad  (aufhsemane. 
Thy  people's  guilt,  a  hr.ivy  load  ; 

(When  stunditig  in  their  roonij 
DvpnvM  th.,e  „f  tha  light  of  God  • 
And  fill'd  thy  soul  with  doom. ' 
How  punctually  eclipses  move 

Phedient  to  thy  will  : 
Thus  »ha-!l  thy  faithfulness  and  love 

"  by  promises  fulfil 
Park  iika  the  moon  without  the  sun, 
W  e  mourn  ihy  absence,  Lord  ! 
or  light  or  comfort  we  have  none 
But  what  thy  beams  afford.  ' 
Ml I  lo  I  the  hour  draws  near  apaee 
Whea  cinnges  shall  be  o'or; 
»,0    n  we  shall  M-e  thee  face  to  face 
And  be  eclips'd  no  more. 


...  i-'im  America  into  the 

Atlantic  ocean  to  the  Shetland  lsl.nds. 
where  it  will  leave  the  earth  at  the  "cL 
ting  of  the  Sun. 

IV  The.  fourth  will  be  of  the  Moew,  on 
Friday  .October  13th,  viable  and  tola" 
the  earth  s  sharing. coming  on,  mav  be 
perceived  ut  the £eon'5  rising.'  J 


h.  tfi 

3  50 

4  48 

5  35 
5  49 
C  35 

7  21 

8  21 

9  19 


First  contact  of  I 

wii.li  rys  pcnuniLra. 
Eclipse  begins 
D  rises,  . 

Total  darkness  begins 
Middle  of  the  eclipse 
Total  darkness  ends 
End  of  the  eclipse  . 

Last  contact  of  the  J) 
with  G's  penumbra,  (   y  Ayj  ~ 
j    Digits  eclipsed  14°  15'  in  the  southern 
section  of  the  earth's  shadow. 

V.  The  fifth  and  jast     iu  ^   f  , 
Sw,  at  the  time  of  New  Moon  in  Octo! 

'in  thp  Ver?  •mal1  •diP".  ^d  visible  only 
m  the  southeastern  part  of  South  Amer. 
lica,  the  Atlantic  and  Antarctic  oceans 


DURST 


ORIENTAL  AND  OCCIDENTAL  STARS. 


The  planet  Ve.vus  (  ?  )  will  be  Morning 
tfitar  till  May  18th,  when  she  will  bo  in 
[superior  conjunction  with  the  Sun  ;  the  *m*oy'N  / 
^remainder  of  the  year  she  will  be  EvEN-Mnnapoiis,  Mik. 

'  Baltimore, 
,  INO  SWr.  | Buy  Buziards, 

JilMTSit  (U)  will  be  Morning  Star  tillfe ^a°J£* 


TIDE   TABLZ,  tWIne  tfte  flour  »  a»d  Aiimrf«  to  t>S 

tiiidxl  'o  frt:  Hm<  the  Moon  it  south,  to  find  the  time  of 
High  Water  al  the  following  placet:  aUo  tit£  nse  of  Hit 
teaser  in  feet. 


February  1st,  when  he  will  be  in  opposiJ Bu.ck  uiand. 

J.        „  ri  rV,.        Bl  ii;  Hill  Day, 

ttion  to  the  Sun;  thence  Evening  Star  u,<t,n, 
till  August  22nd,  when  he  will  be  in  con- 
♦junction  with  the  Sun  ;  after  that  he  will|£*™i>0  ^•1,0> 
[be  Morning  Star  through  the  year. 

Mars  ($)  will  be  Mor.\i\g  Star  till 
February  5th,  when  he  will  be  in  oppo- 
sition to  the  Sun  ;  thence  he  will  be 
Evening  Star  to  the  end  of  the  year. 

Saturn  (  b  )  will  be  Morning  Star  till 
May  4th,  when  he  will  be  in  opposition 
to  the  Sun ;  thence  Evening  Star  till 
his  conjunction  with  the  un,  November 
12th  ;  and  then  again  Morning  Star. 


3  31' 
8  Id 

11  li 
1  36 
7  37 

10  45 

12  00 
7  3-. 

11  00 
11  30 

10  51 

Vt>   5  . 

11  0ok5 


h.  m.  ft. 
11  30]  5 
11  15  10 


COMMON  NOTES  FOR  1837. 


Dominical  Letter 

.  A. 

No.  of  Direction 

-  5 

Roman  Indiction  - 

.  10 

Dionysian  Period  - 
Solar  Cycle  - 

.  166 

.  26 

Lunar  Cy«le 

-  14 

Epact  - 

.       .  23 

Julian  Period 

6550 

Cn:>e  (Smi  les, 
Ca|,e  C.j.1, 
Cupe  Fear, 
Cn\>e  Hnlleras, 
Cap»  flenlopen, 
'  'npf.  Henry, 
Cape  Lookout, 
'>\\ie  MdUbar, 
Cystine,  Me. 
Charleston, 
Basiiort,  Me. 

Harbor,  great 

Eeg  Hartrar,  little, 
Rfizdbeth  Island, 
Eliza'ielh  I'oiut, 
Fairfield.  Coon. 
Uuilrif  inl,  Conn. 
Hacicensack, 
Halifax,  N.  S. 
Unm^ton,  N.  BT. 
tUmuion  R>»<ls, 
Hir-ford,  Conn. 
Hell  Gate, 
The  line  of  Higl 


Hnntinston,  L.  I. 
Ipswich,  Mass. 
Islip,  L.  |. 
Jamaica  Bay- 
Jamestown,  Va. 
Ketuiebeefc  lliver  en 
Kennebuiik.  Vie. 
Kington,  N.  Y. 
l.nbcc, 
Mac'iias.  Me. 
Mai-blehead, 
Martha's  Vineyard 
Mobi  e  Point, 
M on tau!  Point, 
Mouni  Desurt, 
Nantucket. 
Narrows,  N.  Y. 
New  Bedford, 
Newburyport, 
New  Haven, 
Niiw  London^  t 
Newport,-— 
NEW  YORK, 
Noi  walk,  Conn. 
Nc  rwicli, 
Philadetpnk, 
Portland, 

Port. moati),  N.  H. 
Ptocid'.nce, 
<iueht*.  Canada, 
Sas  Harbor, 
Salem.  Mass. 
Sau.ly  Hook, 
Si.  Andrews, 
St.  John's, 
Whiles-one, 
Yoj*,  Me. 

Valer  here  found,  is  nearly  accurate  on 
>  days  of  New  and  Full  Moon.  In  the  first  and  third  qnai- 
•s,  it  is  ton  late,  at  most,  1  hour  and  9  ininuies.  In  the  second 
d  foiHlli  quarters,  it  is  loo  early,  al  most,  21  minutes. 


11  30 

7  V> 
11  30 

8  I 

9  I 

8  45 
7  51 

9  4 

11  30  10 
11  00  Ik 

7  15  5 
II  30  :io 

0  31  5 
10  3  5 

8  40  j  5 
8  .57 

10  5' 

10  2d 

11  57 
7  30 

11  15  1-2 


8  81  o 

9  5-'  4 

10  48  10 

11  15  10 
'2  30  3 

1 1  30  2g 

M  o  le 

11  3<>  U 
7  37  7 
2  23: 

7  S3 

11  2  25 

12  0  II 

8  2  5 
7  39  8 

II  15  5 

10  17  I 

6  %  b 

7  31 

8  rs  6 
10  51 

10  56 
2  0 

10  45  1 

11  15  10 
8  25  i 

8  12 

9  52 
11  30  II 

6  37  5 

11  30  25 

12  00  o0 
11  43  iS 
10  47, 12 


EXPLANATION  OF  THE  CALENDAR. 
All  the  calculations  of  this  Almanac  arc  in 
apparent  time  —  time  shown  by  the  Sun.  The 
Plinets',  Moon's,  and  Sun's  declination,  right  ascen- 
sion, place,  &c,  are  all  for  16  minutes  past  7  o'clock 
in  the  morning  at  Boston,  which  is  equal  to  4 
minutes  past  7~at  New  York,  or  noon  at  Jxmdou. 
jThe  term  morn,  in  the  column  of  the  Mocm'ftrising 
and  setting,  shows  that  the  moon  does  not  rise  or 


ASPECTS. 
(4  Conjunction,  or  in  the  same  longi 
ude — ss.  Semisextile,  or  1  sign  distant— 

5|C  Sextile,  or  2  signs  —  □  Quartilc,  3j*jt  at  all  on  that  day,  and  that  the  time  of  her  next 
^o-ns — ATrine,  4  sio-ns — Vc.  Quincunx,  !ri<?iatf  01  setting,  is  the  morning  of  the  following  day. 
-fe.  o<\       •*•  °     a   '  r~°*\  a    |The first  shon  column  below,  is  the  1st,  I lth,  and 

5  signs—  8  Opposition,  b  signs—  Q  As.|2l3td^oftheto<Hrt^he8j'columri>d^ys»le71gth. 

M.  shows  the  minutes  day  breaks,  or  morning  iwj. 


lending  Nodc- 


6  signs- 
■£5  Descending  .Node. 


SIGNS  OF  THE  ZODIAC. 


1  "  Aries  Ram 

2  8  Taurus  Bull 

3  n  Gemini  Twins 

4  25  Cancer  Crab 

5  TTJ?  Leo  Lion 

6  Tl  vir£0  Virgin 

7  ^  Libra  Balance 

8  iT[  Scorpio  Scorpion 

9  ^  Sagittarius  Archer 

10  V5*  Capricorn  Goat 

11  'so  Aquarius  Waterman 

12  X  Pisces  Fishes 


Head 

Neck 

Arms 

Breast 

Heart 

Belly 

Reins 

Secrets 

Thighs 

Knees 

Legs 

Feet 


light  bos'ins  after,  or  evening  twilight  ends  before 
the  hour,  on  each  s'.deof  the  minutes;  4th,  5th,  Gth, 
and  7ih.  Sun's,  Venus',  Jupiter's,  and  Mars'  right 
ascension,  in  hours  and  minutes;  8th,  9th,  lUtii, 
in  I  I  lth,  Seven  Stars',  Venus',  Jtrpiter's,  and  Mars' 
rising  and  setting  or  southing ;  I2:h,  Sun  slow  or 
^IfasH  of  the  clock,  in  minutes  and  seconds;  18th, 
3'  ^un's  place  in  the  ecliptic,  in  degrees  and  minutes  ; 


14th,  Sim's  amplitude  to  the  nearest  degree;  15:  . 
16th,  17th,  and  18th,  Moon's,  Venus',  Jupiter's,  and 
Mars'  declination.  The  other  articles,  it  is  pre- 
sumed, are  sufficiently  plain  from  their  titles,  and 
need  no  explanation. 


PLANETS. 
0  or  ©  Sun  ;  @  O  D  >   »  C  (ft  or  ® 
IVIoon  ;  ^  Mercury  ;  J  Venus  ;  ©  Earth 
Mars ;  2£  Jupiter  ;  ^  Saturn  ;  J#  Her 
«cUel. 


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THOMAS  SPOFFORD, 
New-Yurk,  Jaly, 


1537.         First  Mont  ft,  J  ATCFARY,  begins  on  Sunday.  

I     The  namo  of  this  month  was  derived  from  the  hparlirn  pod  Jnnna.  wlio  is  represented  «s 
jlstirnliiic  heiweon  the  two  years,  und  provided  with  a  double  face,  looking  forward  and  back,  that 
hs  might  inculcate  upon  Ins  worshippers  the  wisdom  of  being  retrorpecttre  as  well  as  provident 
j  How  rt?*plendent  the  uhjhu  at  this  reason  often  appear!   The  air,  refined  by  the  intensity  of  the  ! 
i  frost,  affords  the  most  di«tiuct  views  and  extensive  prospects  ;  and  when  the  fair  queen  of  heaven 
I  withdraws  h«r  silr»ry  shining,  the  whole  firmament  appears  thickly  studded  with  brilliant  span- 
j/les,  some  dignified  by  superior  lustre,  while  others  seem  almost  lost  in  the  depth*  of  <Ml»er. 
'  &  New  Moon,  Fri.     fith,    6.  44.  c.    w.  it.m,-  »t,o  sin*,  iu«  ujiunliiM^  lazy. 
D  First  Qunr.  Fri.   13th,   0.    6.  c.  b.       Perps  abroad  from  vender  bill  j 
O  Full  Moon,  Sat.  21st,   2.  37.  e.  m  k.  [  Phoebus  rises  red  arrrj  hazy, 
(I  Last  Qnar.  Sun.  29th,    1.  21.  c.  n.w.  |     Frost  lig«  stoppM  lue  vill»gp  mill. 


Bavs 


Moon  Moon  I  High  j  tun's  1  J)  Holy  Days,  Tides,  Aspects, 
rises.      South.      water.  |    decl.    |  S.  VVeather,  &c. 


2  M|7  26  4  34  2  21 
7  25  4  35   3  33 
7  25  4  35|  4  52 
7  24j4  3(5,  6  8 
7  24  4  36  sets. 
7  S  |7  23  4  37j  5  28 
22  4  3S|  6  51 
9  M|7  22  4  88  8  11 
7  21  4  39|  9  28 
7  20  4  4CU0  40 
7  20  4  4011  50 
7  19  4  4l! morn 
7  18  4  42!  0  53 
7  IS  4  42j  1 
7  17  4  43!  2 
7  16  4  44  4 
7  15:4  45  4 
7  144  40  5 
7  13  4  47j  6 
7  13-1  47 
7  12  4  48 
7  ll|4  49 
7  10  4  50 
7    94  51 
7    8  4  52 


7  4  53 


rises. 

5  39 

6  41 

7  43 

8  45 

9  48 
10  51 


6  55 

7  43 

8  34 

9  32 

10  35 

11  43 
ift.  50 

1  54 

2  51 

3  43 


6  4  54  11  58 
4  4  56  morn. 
3  4  57   1  8 


4  32 

5  16 

5  59 

6  43 

7  27 

8  14 

9  2 
9  52 

10  43 

11  33 
morn. 

0  22 

1  9 

1  53 

2  36 

3  17 

3  59 

4  4  I 
6  26 
6  14 


2  4  581  2  19   7  8 


2  6b 

4  8 

5  26 

6  28 

7  26 

8  23 

9  10 
9  55 

10  36 

11  16 
aft.  0 

0  49 

1  39 

2  38 


49 
59 
2 
54 

7  39 

8  16 

8  52 

9  27 
10 

10  33 

11  4 
11  39 
morn. 

0  16 

0  53 

1  56 
3  15 


23  1 
22  55 
22  50 
22  43 
22  37 
22  30 
22  22 
22  14 
22  6 
21  57 
21  48 
21  38 
21  28 
21  18 
21  7 
20  55 
20  44 
20  33 
20  19 
20  6 
19  53 
19  39 
19  25|a 
19  11  111? 
18  5«1»E 
18  41  HJ 
18  261*3, 
is  10[dS 
17  54  nf 
17  3Sk 
17  2lU 


1st.  8uncl.  alt.  Christ. 
D  h  6  Y'd  L.  south 

! Fine  wentl.er  for     Tin  Qfl 
the  eeasou.        LAU*  ,5U* 

D  ?  6  .    D  Peri.  Ex! 

[tremecoldinU.S.j 
Epiphany.  [1835.1 
D  5  6  High  Tides. 
1st  Sun.  aft.  Epiph.  | 
D      6  Cold,hiust'ng| 

Hark!  it  is  I  lie  knell  of  Time  ye  hear! 
A  nether  surge  from  the  great  sen  I 

balk  pined  : 
Another  year  is  pone — ^notlitryear 
Hath  dawned  upon  the  g»y  ami 

hr>. ken-hearted—  |  over  all—  | 
All  things  recolve — .1  change  rome» 
Or,  as  die  old  "New-England  1'riia- 

Very  Low  Tides. 
2d  Sund.  aft.  Epiph. 
D  Apogee.  6  I>  7*s. 

or  rends.  |Krcat  and  small  " 
•'  Time  culs  down  every  one,  both 
Old  Time  ;s  a  shaver  who  doe>- 

mighty  deeds  I 
Diligence  is  a  fair  fortune,  and 
industry  a  good  estate. 

£  Gr.  elon.  and  in  Q 
Long  light  nights. 
Sept'gsma.     D  U  6 

)  $6  .  HighTides. 

Deliberate  lonf  on  that  trAkA 
you  can  di  kut  once. 

v  in  Perihelion, 
.  Stationary.  Shins 

Ss;fZ:>f  [sou'.  10.  15. 

Fine  for  the  season. 

Sexagosima  Sunday. 

t|    T.    j  Attempt  by  Lay 

"    V   O  •    reno*  to  nisassinnte 

Low  Tides.  J^iS?' 


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1   9    S  3  47  7'IM  4->!l(i  23  9  IS  10    18  52  9  37   3  32    3  15  3  5?' 280  5>VM  9  20  Bp. 
11   »  30  3  43  7  19  31 1 17  17|  9  14   9  57  8    8  9  48   1  45!  2  28  8  20  291    9;3()|  5  45  8,92 
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N  N 
17  17 
17  18 


Ju  u  at,  1197.  The  eelebra'.ed  traveller,  HnmWoWt,  with  his  party,  reached  die  hitfhrei  point  urn  Hie  earth,  ever  before 
ttUUMsl'by  man:  by  asotitdinf  the  p«a<f  Chiinhornio,  thu  mufl  elevated  wimnill  ef  the  Andes  mountains.  I  he  l>"1«»i 
KlMned  is  19,300  feel  above  the  level  of  the  sen  :  here  (heir  furlhur  progiess  was  arrested  by  u  chasm  S(KI  leet  wide  ;  and 
H.ey  were  sinrutiiided  bv  a  thick  and  freally  Inortnmotled  by  Ihe  esir.m*  tentiliy  "I  the  air.  which  was  also  fell 
inttriN  y  OOld  and  piwro  ng  :  rtaptmlton  WM  dlmoult,  und  ilia  blljod  oOMJ  from  their  eyrs.  then  Ilia,  and  their  gums, 
rbl*  va«  mouDlaln,  with  IU  top  covered  with  peepeninl  inow,  presenu  a  most  magnificent  sperta  le,  when  viewed  rrorn 
•..  »',..ie.  of  the  Pacific  Ocean,  iiIii.l'  the  western  ^ou^l  nf  Columbia,  with  its  enormous  circular  summit  pr.Jeeie-1  upon 

he  di  tp  nun  blue  ol  the  ■qnnim  1  d  sky.   

m  ii    i     iitr    sin ii  .     '  i  i  in  i  n    ■  t  — ~i — ;  


2d  Winter  Month,  JANUARY,  has  31  days. 


1337. 


Ye  observe  days,  and  months,  and  times,  and  years-    Gal.  iv.  10.    Standing  upon  the  ruins  i 
of  the  old  yoar.  or,  as  we  might  say,  upon  the  ruins  of  ages,  we  cannot  but  be  impressed  With  I 
the  vicissitudes  and  transient  nature  of  all  sublunary  things     All  around  us  is  in  a  state  o  I 
constant  fluctuation  :  neither  nature  nor  art  continues  long  in  one  position  ;  the  heavens  above  y 
as,  are  in  perpetual  motion  ;  the  earth  beneath  us,  is  ever  changing  its  external  appearanco  ;  and 
individuals,  and  families,  and  nations  are  continually  altering  and  assuming  new  aspects.  Uli 
those  ol  our  frail  fellow  mortals  who  began  the  pint  year  with  us,  more  than  thirty  millions  are 
now  numbered  with  the  mighty  dead  :  and  before  the  close  of  the  present,  thousands  probably  of] 
the  readers  of  this  little  manual  will  have  found  their  last  cold  bed  in  the  narrow  house  appointed 
for  all  the  living.    Lord,  make  us  to  know  the  measure  of  our  days,  and  how  frail  tee  are! 


Adieu,  Old  Year  ! — a  last  adieu, 

\o  more  thy  smiling  face  we'll  view; 

Vet  memory  oft  shall  visit  you, 

As  down  the  past  ye  travel. 
Ay— oil  across  Time's  changing  soa, 
We'll  cast  a  wi«tful  gla-ce  to  thoe  ; 
Ihoul't  be  remembered  oft,  while  we 

Life's  merry  path  un  avul. 

Tis  said  that  blessings  grow  more  bright, 
As  they  elude  our  anxious  sight, 
And  thu»  thou  see  Dl  est  in  thy  flight, 

Now  that  thy  race  is  run  ; 
And  as  we  bury  in  the  grave 
With  all  our  friend*,  what  faults  they  hare, — 
So  we'll  forget  aught  of  thee,  savo 

The  good  deeds  thou  hast  done. 

Thou'rt  passing  from  us,  and  wilt  seem 
Like  the  past  ripple  on  the  stream, 
Or  the  faint  outlines  of  a  dream, 

Which  waking  thoughts  dispel. 
As  the  brief  summer  flowers  die — 
Or  like  the  light  wind  passing  by — 
O  clouds  that  melt  into  the  sky, 

Thou'r'  gone  ! — Heaven  rest  thse  well  ! 
As  the  rich  sheaves  of  li  uvesl  come  * 
Pull  ripened  to  their  autumn  home  ; — 
Thou  now  art  gathered  to  thy  doom, 

Again  to  greet  us,  never' 
Or  like  some  old  gray-headed  man, 
Whose  days  aro  numbered,  and  whose  span 
Of  III'.-  is  measured, — pel*  and  wan, 

Thiue  eye  is  closed  forever. 
We'll  lay  thee  on  thy  snow  cold  bier, — 
l>rcp  for  thy  sake  the  parting  tear, 
Then  turn  to  hail  th.)  opening  year, 

Whoso  scroll  is  soon  unrolled. 
Thou'rt  welcome,  stranger! — though  thy  form, 
Eucireiad  in  the  Tempest's  arm, 

( iQoes  rushing  down  the  midnight  storm, 

So  cold — so  very  cold. 
To  the*  !— to  thee  !— who  frosh  and  strong, 
Mim  rva  like,  from  Time  ha  h  sprung, 
We  yield  our  *  early  tribute  song, 

To  greet  thy  visitation  i 
\o  puling,  swaddled  babe  art  tlion, 
I'hy  cloak  isof  the  wintry  snow, 
And  with  stern  voice,  and  sterner  brow, 

Thou  rtilest  o'or  creation. 

jTliou  wih  re|  w  though  when  the  spring 
llaih  fannnl  thee  with  her  wanton  wing  — 
When  the  *weet  vern  .   songster*  sing, 

And  all  the  Knrth  i»  glee 
Andn'eti  th.  brow  wilt  wax  more  bright, 
As  thou  dost  bosk  in  summer  ■  light, 
Though  very  aw, II  her  fairy  flight, 
As  all  bright  visions,  flee.  ( 

•  nd  th*n  in  Autumn'*  richer  rr'pn, 
Tbou'lt  »mil«,  to  see  the  plenteous  traia 
'H'lintrd  fruit  and  folflVn  (nun, 
O'xrflow  the  bounteous  earth. 

r\od  when  ngjiili  ri>|,|  w.n'nr's  renin, 
o  strip  from  off  thy  ohseh  it*  bloom, 


FARMER'S  CALENDAR. 

Agricultural  Patrons  and  Friends  .' 

Again  have  the  rapid  seasons  completed  their 
round — on  engle  pinion*  has  another  annual 
period  of  our  frail  fleeting  lives  passed  away  ;  and 
once  morewi'.h  a  new  calendar,  before  you  ap 
pears  jour  old  friend  of  twenty  yours  standing 
Twenty  yk.rs!  where  are  they?  So  swiftly 
have  they  glided  by  that  they  seem  almost  like-  j. 
yesterday;  and  yet  within  this  brief  space,  more'1 
than  six  hundred  millions  of  the  human  family  ' 
have  been  called  to  their  long  home.  "Oui  lift 
is  a  vapour,  which  ap -eareth  but  a  little  time 
and  then  vanisheth  away."  "Few  and  tctl  have 
been  the  days  of  the  years  of  my  pilgrimage," 
eaid  the  venerable  Jacob  to  the  Egyptian  uion 
arch  and  he  mourned  thut  he  had  nut  attained  to 
the  ago  of  his  fathers.  ".My  days,"  said  Job, 
are  swifter  ta.m  a  weaver's  shuttle,  and  are. 
spent  without  hope."  When  Moses  struck  the 
lyre  to  the  praise  of  the  God  of  Israel,  thtf>  was 
the  burden  of  his  song:  "  Thou  carriest  away 
the  children  of  men  as  with  a  flood.  Thiii  arc 
as  asleep.  Hre  spend  our  years  as  a  ta/t  that  s 
'told  Our  strength  is  rut  off,  and  we  jly  away.  " 
Ami  when  Fsaiah  called  the  nations  as  the  voice 
from  heaven  inspired  :  M  .ill Jlrsh  is  grass,"  he, 
cried,  "  and  all  the  guodhncss  thereof  it  as  the 
flower  of  the  field.  The  grass  withertth,  the 
Jlower  fadtth  ;    surtly  the  people    is  grass  " 

"Remember  how  shou  say  time  is,"  sang  the 
shepherd  poet  and  king.  And  than  this,  thero 
is  no  truth  with  whose  importance  the  sacred 
w  iters  were  more  deeply  impressed.  Yet  did' 
not  there  sages  of  old  waste  in  idle  lamenta- 
tions the  lime  destined  for  nobler  purposes. 
"  -Irise,  "  they  cried  with  a  warning  voice  toj 
their  fellow  men,  "  rid,  em  the  time  !  li  hy  stand' 
've  here  all  the  day  idle  J  lie  sober,  in  rigilant!  " 
Let  us  emulate  their  example,  ami  seeing  that 
"  our  days  are  an  hand's  breadth,  and  our 
age  is  as  nothing  :  "  w  hile  we  attend  du'v  to 
all  our  secular  concerns,  and  see  tiial  "  rest-}' 
thing  is  done  deetntly  and  m  order,  "  1st  us  by  no' 
means  omit  the  weightier  matiers  that  concern 
our  eternal  welfare. 

Farmer's  Life. —  What  a  happy  DOUntfy  this 
would  be,  if  every  farmer's  llOOJe  really  enjoyed 
all  UM  pear*  and  neppiaessj  which  i>  picture. I  in 
the  mind  of  the  Write!  of  the  following.  How 
many  thousands  <>f  farmers  wuu hi  bo  happy  if 
they  cmefu'Jy  cultivated  those  I'eolinjs  and  de 

sires  that  produce  happiness. 

W«  should  ihmk  tin*  fanner's  life  mint  he  o*s}| 
lofhappioees  < 'outdoor  friends  auioogst  thst 
alsjsj  look  111  upon  ii*.  mid  witness  the  "doing*" 
of  a  priuling  titlice  they  would  lhank  their  St  ir*, 
that  they  pursued  •,  different  ralung  If  ihtfS 
i*  anv  time  when  we  mo  looltaad  lo  lndu!»c 
frrliug*  of  envy,  i|   is    M  lirn   wr   get    loom  tr,,:i. 

our  confined  and  *<<lrntarjr  luhors,  afi*r  Iwtdve 

or  foaneoa  hour*  digging  imenj  th-  lypeveaa' 
sally  forth  lo  oh— yes  what  i*  pitting  irouA  as 
It  is  then,  a*  w«  compare  lbs  healthy  looks.  »< 

n 


Second  MoxTntFKBRrARYj)figing  on  Weduevhy. 


I    9U".pr  ,,,,e  ''"""beautiful  m-Ihh  on  which  the  .ye  chii  r..t,  occa.ionall  v  prMMU  it,„ir  i.  „ 
nouce.nt.u,  month.    We  «ee  the  shade,  of  evening  f.ll  a  w.s,,  £Sk 

bare  branch,-  and  rniry  road.  ;  hut  when  wo  are  .wakened  hy  the  l.te  dawn, ug  of  the 1  ' 
in  what  a  cur.^.  dt^.naeu  nature  drj-aed  !  what  a  bright  ,Somp  greet,  u.  •  whit  a  wbm" 


earth  and  ctothed  it  in  their  beauty.  And  what  a  ny.terteu.  atillne..  reign,  over  uil 
IU8DO.  !  all  tiling.  ure  blended  together  in  bright  and  dnzzl.ng  confusion. 


white 


•3  New  Moon,  Sund.   5th,  4  58.  m. 
D  First  Quar.  Sund.  12th,  4.  27.  m.  n. 
j  Full  Moon,  Mond.  20th,  9.  13.  m.  N  w. 
$'<  fl  Lust  Quar.  Tues.  28th,  0.  22.  m.  e. 

M~3tW|  tfun  |  Sun  I  M  on n  I  Moon 
Days.  I  ri«M.  J  Bets,  j    rim;.    |  «onth. 


All  nroiiiiO  looks 


Bid  :ui.i  drear}  ; 
Fast  the  t]»Ky  *now  desce  nds  ; 


Vol  LU«  sn.iw  bmlsclii 


rp  quite  eheerj 


White  the  mitten'd  law  Httmda, 


High 

water. 


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20  M 


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10  30 

11  4a 

morn. 

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4  37 

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5  59 

6  29 
rises. 

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7  39 

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Weather,  &c. 

A 


4  9  &  .  a  storm 
Bull's  eve  sets  «.  15 
»  <4  *  .[  ?  in  5th 
>  Per.  V  Inf.  rj  .  0. 
Quin.  Sun.  $ 
High  Tides.  6  D 
Shrove  Tues.  Fine. 
AshWednesday..lock! 

Oh  Thou  who  Ud.  lb.  Sun  }  *hin. 
TtK!  glittering  landaeapM  iigtn, 

While  mognlaiiu,  vtlee,  and  hil 

In  Vflatar'a  tro»»-wuik  bright. 
Ph.  imploring  treet  itrelch  lurtu 
Their  trusting  ami  i0  Thee, 

1st  Sunday  in  Lent. 

Custom  in  infancy  r  ft  W|f 

Very  Low  Tides.  r«c< 

VYho  shield'tl  th*  naked  iu  lbe:r 
Of  cold  Hdveieity.  thoui 

tf  sta.Y'd  L.  s.7.26. 
D  Ap.  3  ?  rj  .  Signs 
D  U  6  .  rj  D  f  .  [o! 
2dSun.inLent.[sno\v 

fhou  o'er  ike  lender  genu 

Thl  «;urluiii:ng«no\ifdoih  iprend 
And  give  11  uliuni-er  like  a  b*be 
Oeep  in  U.  cradle  beJ. 

Hi"-hTide»-  ^  DeuU  ar* 

nijjlUIUO.  fruiU;  word. 

%  6  .     l"r<  iut  Uavcs 

k  chain  ia  on  the  »trenm«, 
Aod  on  die  lUismirCood 

h  Stationary.  Jp&S.^ 
3d  Sunday  in  Lent. 
»  in  15-        [  D  *  • 

Vet  still  their  Fparkl:rtg  eyea  look 
And  l  e.nn  with  graiitntle  [un 


D.le  Twil't  0M|  Vr..:I}r.a|  ir.a  7*s.|  9  so.iZJ.so.i  iao.lc  S  I  0  pLI  :  |  D  Dec'  V 

9  58  5SB  721  0  19  1019  4  9  32  3  10  10  9|  0  6j  D  36  13  57  312  30  24  26  13  S|22 
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10  4G'5  5  7 


22  19.20  54  |  8  54  |  9   1(0  50  10  35  10  33  !0  4o|l3  55  332  43 '  15 ;  10  22A*  IF 


18  IS 

18J2! 
18  22 


Feb.  24.  A.  D.  79.  First  volcanic  erapti'jn,  on  record,  of  Mount  Vesuvius  In  Italy,  by  w-hicli  the 
mcient  Roman  cities  tlerculaneum  and.Poniptii  were  overwhelmed  and  destroyed  The  forruei 
vas  covered  with  a  mass  of  eolid  lava,  to  the  depth  of  more  than  70  feet ;  and  the  latter  buried  mor- 
han  100  feet  deep  in  sand  and  ashes.  Gvar  the  former  now  stajids  the  village  of  Portici,  and  ov«i 
he  latter  are  fruitful  vineyards.  Subterranean  passages  have,  in  modern  times,  beendu^  to  these 
i:ics;  several  streets  have  been  opeaed;  and  numerous  ancient  monuments  of  every  kfnd  hav> 
been  discovered,  such  as  temples,  theatres,  statues,  dwellings  with  their  furniture  and  paiminga. 
md  some  contain  the  skeletons  of  the  unfortunate  occupants.  The-e  venerable  objects  seem  t  ■ 
oine  forth  from  their  tomb  to  instruct  us  concerning  the  limes  in  which  they  were  interred. 

Feb.  20  1717  Great  snow  in  New- England  ;  more  than  tan  feet  deep  on  a  level.  Thousand; 
>f  caUle  and  sheep  perished.  Feb.  23.  1826.    Murray,  the  Grammarian,  died.  


8d  Winter  Month,  FEBRUARY,  has  28  days. 


1837. 


|  He  saith  to  the  snow,  Be  thou  upon  the  earth.  Job,  xxxvii.  G.  Jls  birds  flying  he  scattereth 
the  -snow;  and  the  falling  down  thereof  is  as  tUv,  lighting  of  grashrppers  :  the  eys  marvellcth 
\at  the  beauty  nf  the  whiteness  thereof;  and  the  heart  is  astonished  at  the  raining  of  it.  The 
hoar  frost  also  as  salt,  he  poureth  upon  the  earth;  it  lieth  upon  the  top  of  sharp  stakes. 
'  ffhen  the  cold  north,  mind  bloweth,  and  the  water  in  congealed  into  ice,  it  abideth  upon  every 
gathering  together  cf  Water,  and  clothes  the  water  as  with  a  breast  plate  Ecclesiasticus. 
xliii.  17,  &c.    He  casiclh  forth  his  ice  like  morsels:  who  can  stand  before  his  cold  ? 


We'll  lay  thee  in  thy  icy  tomb, 
j    Thy  burial  and  thy  birth. 

And  we,  as  thou  dost  onward  spoed; 

As  down  Time's  changeful  path  ye  tread, 

Shall  chronicle  each  deed, 

Whether  they're  good  or  naughty. 
And  yo  must  no  exceptions  take, 
Nor  such  offence  or  friendship  break, 
Because  a  few  kind  words  we  speak, 

To  'mind  ye  of  your  duty. 

Borne  thousand  years  old  Time  hath  seen, 
And  many  a  one  bath  ushered  in, 
Whose  prospects  full  as  fair  have  been, 

As  thine  appear  to  be  now ; 
But  somehow,  some  wrong  steps  they  mado, 
And  very  vicious  lives  they  led  : — 
!What  thine  will  be,  may  not  bo  said, — 

"Tis  what  we  eannot  see  through. 

Kentucky  Journal, 


THE  SNOW. 

,Tbe  silvery  Snow  ! — the  silvery  Snow  ! 
Like  a  glory  it  falls  on  the  fields  below 


the  farmer  with  the  ghostly  appearance  of  o 
brethren  of  the  ink  and  types — see  the  fruits  of 
industry  ripening  before  us,  and  ohscrve  the 
look  of  good  nature  and  happiness  shining  thre' 
jevery  feature,  as  he  gazes  upon  the  growth  of 
that  which  his  hand  has  planted,  and  hear  the 
voice  of  health,  and  joy,  and  plenty  from  his 
farm  house — we  are  almost  led  to  believe  that 
the  good  things  of  this  life  are  not  equally  dis- 
tributed. 

It  is  the  truth,  thai  mankind  are  not  half  sensi- 
ble enough  of  the  farmer's  situation  in  regard  to 
happiness,  over  every  other  class  in  the  commu- 
nity. While  the  merchant,  mechanic,  and  the 
professional  man,  are  harassed  with  care  and 
anxiety,  the  farmer's  life  is  as  free  and  clear  as 
tl»e  air  that  meets  him  when  he  goes  to  his  field 
After  the  labors  of  the  day  are  over,  the  husband- 
man can  retire  to  his  home,  and  enjoy  tho  "  lux 
ury  of  rest."  Not  so  with  the  man  of  business:  he 
only  exchanges  perplexing  toil  for  anxious  re 
flection  :  and  while  the  lord  of  the  soil  is  dream- 
ing of  fat  oxen,  and  agricultural  prizes,  his  eyes 
are  unclosed,  and  his  mind  is  upon  the  stretch 
|in  an  emlt-a^or  to  invent  means  of  taking  up 


And  the  trees  with  their  diamond  branches  appear  notes  at  the  bank,  or  some  such  equally  pleasan 
Like  the  fairy.growth  ofsomc  magical  sphere  ;     jcogitations. —  Old  Colony  Press. 
While  soft  as  music,  and  wild  as  white, 
It  glitters  and  floats  in  the  pale  moonlight 


And  spangles  the  river  and  fount  as  they  flow  ; 
Oh !  who  has  not  loved  the  bright,  beautiful  snow 

Tho  3ilvory  snow,  and  tho  crinkling  frost — 
How  merry  we  go  when  the  earth  BOems  lost , 
Like  spirits  that  rise  from  the  dust  of  Time, 
To  livo  in  a  purer  and  holier  clime  ! 
(A  new  creation  without  a  stain — 
Lovely  as  Heaven'*  own  pure  domain, 
But  ah  !  like  the  many  fair  hopes  of  our  years, 
It  glitters  awhilo — and  then  melts  into  tears. 

TO  A  WARM  WIND  IN  WINTER. 
Low,  sweet  wind,  whose  melody 
Floats  along  the  rippled. sen, 
Why,  to  ridu  the  curling  foam, 
Didst  thou  leave  thy  pleasant  homo  1 
For  thy  motion  soft  audsiow, 
And  thy  voice  so  sweet  and  low, 
Toll  of  milder  climes  than  this, 
Far  beyond  the  blue  abyss  i 


Farmers  possess  the  mean?  of  living  within 
themselves,  and  are  not  under  the  disagreeable 
necessity  of  fawning  for  patronuge,  or  stooping 
to  flattery  for  a  livelihood,  or  bartering  opinion, 
reputation  and  conscience,  for  gold.  Their  oc- 
cupation is.  therefore,  such  as  naturally  to  pro- 
duce independence  of  thought,  of  feeling  and 
action;  and  by  means  of  this  acknowledged  in- 
fluence, it  may,  we  think,  be  remarked  without 
subjecting  ourselves  to  the  just  imputatipn  of 
forming  invidious  comparisons,  that  no  class  ot 
community  are  so  free  from  deceitfulncss,  be- 
cause free  from  all  motives  to  dc  eitl'ulness, — 
!so  correct  in  their  judgment  as  to  the  honesty 
'of  public  men,  and  the  consistencv  of  public 
measures,  and  so  entirely  independent  in  their 
iviews  of  legislative  and  national  policy.  They 
are,  therefore,  estimable  members  of  the  com- 
munity, especially  of  a  republican  communi- 
Jty ; — for  they  are  the  main  pillars  which  sup- 
jport  the  fabric  of  her  government  and  free  insti- 
jtutinns: — they  constitute  the  nerve  of  war,  the 
stability  of  peace,  and  the  spring  of  a  country's 
'prosperity;  they  are,  in  short,  the  grand  foun 
jtain  head,  whence  all  the  streams  of  wealth 
'power,  influence,  and  safety  flow : — And  the  pro 
position  will  generally  be  found  to  be  true,  that 


Dost  thou  como  from  Araby, 
Where  eternal  summers  bo  1 
Or  where  over  ocean  isles 
Everlasting  verdure  smiles? 
Sporting  under  spicy  trees, 
Singing  where  the  roses  blow, — ■ 

Couldst  thou  leave  them,  wandering  breeze,las  fmirt  the  rurul  scenes  and  bowers  of  the  farm 
w  i  ers  happy  home.    11  there  is  any  where  on  eartl 

a  terrestrial  Paradise,  it  is  here 


For  the  land  of  cold  and  snow 


|no  where  can  domestic  quietness  and  happiness 
|be  discovered,  so  pure  from  an  alloy  of  misory, 

farm- 
earth 


Dost  thou  bring  from. Eastern  bowers, 

Tidings  of  tho  birds  and  flowers  '? 

For  tlx?  birds  away  have  flown, — 

And  the  flowers  are  shruuk  andgono  ! 

Go,  and  tell  them  how  we  long 

For  the  roses  and  the  song  : 

Now,  sweet  wind,  1  warn  thao  go* — 

Here  is  only  cold  and  snow  ! 


Pasture  and  Kay. — He  who  wishes  to  have 
good  pasture  throughout  the  season,  and  good 
crops  of  hay,  must  keep  his  stock  in  the  barn 
yard  until  his  pasture  fields  are  wel'  grown  over 
with  grass,  aim'  by  no  means  turn  his  cattle  or 
horses  into  the  meadow.  Some  farmers  come 
short  of  hay,  anj  rather  than  buy,  feed  off  the 


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lira  hen  god  ol  war  and  conteniion  Marriage*  made  in  it  were  UftOally  accounted  milium, v 
I'he  wind*  of  Maich,  which  come  careering  over  our  field*  und  ro.nl*  and  pathway!  lithuu/h 
"  cutting  winds  '  to  ihe  invalid,  are  highly  beoefieiaJ,  as  they  te:U  to  dry  up  the  damps  that  tL 
thaw*  have  let  loose,  and  the  previous  frost*  have  prevented  from  sinking  into  the  earth  they 
also  "  pipe  to  the  spirit  ditties"  the  words  which  tell  tales  of  the  forth  coming  flowers.  The  fa<-> 
of  nature  gradually  changes  ;  the  sap  ascends,  and  the  embryo  MoMoma  are  almost  visibly  ■true 
gling  towards  light  and  I  lie,  he.icath  their  rough  and  unproiWtlog  Outer  co.it*. 


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March  5,  1770.  Boston  Massacre.  lis  aooiversary,  for  manj  years,  was  observed  with  greal 
solemnity  ;  end  the  most  eloquent  oraurs  were  successively  employed  to  deliver  an  annual  oratioi 
.0  preserve  the  remembrance  of  it  Iresh  in  their  minds.  On  th»*e  occasions,  the  blessings  of  liberty, 
the  horrors  of  slavery,  the  dangers  of  a  standing;  army,  the  ri|hjs  of  the  colonies,  etc.,  were  repre- 
sented to  the  public  view  unler  their  most  pleasing  and  ahrmins  forms. 


1st  Sprinrr  Month,  MARCH,  has  31  days. 


1S37. 


!  .111  the  birds  of  the  heavens  tcrre  ftrd.  .Ter.  iv.  25.  The  birds  will  soon  return  to  cheer  us 
with  their  melody.  Who  conducts  tliora  ?  Who  is  their  pi  lot  through  the  long  journey ?  How 
'manifest  it.  tliat  power  which  is  shove  all  animal  instinct !  VVc  see  God  in  nil  his  works. — These 
: little  warblers,  that  wing  their  way  through  the  devious  air,  have  their  instinct,  it  is  true,  but  who 
'g.ivc  them  that  instinct  1  Is  it  a  matter  of  chance  altogether  ?  (J,  no  ;  the  life  of  the  sparrow 
!alone  will  rcfr.to  all  infidel  schemes.  These  annual  migrations  are  conducted  by  a  power 
Supreme,  the  country,  the  plain,  the  hill-tops,  tl>e  accustomed  tree,  the  sate  shelter  and  secure 
retreat,  are  all  pointed  out  by  the  ringer  of  Him,  whose  care  and  regard  is  ever  extended  to  the 
minutest  of  his  works.  Tl  is  no  small  alloy  to  that  most  charming  delight  of  the  mild  season,  the 
■Susie  and  twittering  of  the  smaller  birds,  to  hear  the  surrounding  hills  reverberate  with  the  report 
of  guns  thnt  wanton  and  insensible  men  and  boys  are  aiming  at  their  lives.  The  utility  to  thel 
agriculturist,  of  severnl  kinds  of  bird*,  the  robin  in  particular,  in  so  obvious,  that  even  lcgisla-j 
live  interference  is  imperiously  demanded,  t«  rescue  it  from  the  bloody  fangs  of  the  fowler. 


Til K  SPRING. 
The  Spring— she  is  a  blessed  thing  ! 

She  is  the  mother  of  the  flowers  ! 
She  i^  the  mate  ef  birds  and  hues, 
The  partner  of  their  revelries, 

Our  star  of  l^pn  through  wintry  hours. 

Tho  littlo  brooks  run  on  in  light, 
As  if  they  had  a  chase  of  mirth  ; 

Tho  skies  aTO  blue,  the  air  is  warm, 

Our  very  hearts  have  caught  the  cburm 

'That  sheds  «  beauty  over  earth. 

She  comes  with  more  than  present  good — 

With  joys  to  store  for  future  years, 
From  which  in  striving  crowds  apart 
The  bowed  in  spirit,  bruised  in  heart, 
May  glean  up  hope  with  greateful  tears. 

Up — and  let  us  to  tho  fields  away, 

Aud  braathe  the  fresh  ami  balmy  air; 

The  bird  is  building  in  the  treo, 

The  fluwer  bu  op-ned  to  the  boe, 

And  health,  and  love,  and  pouco  are  there 

THE  TORNADO. 
Dost  thou  love  to  hear  the  rushing 

Of  the  tempest  in  its  might  1 
Dest  thou  love  to  see  the  gushing 

Of  the  torrent  at  its  height  ? 
Come  then  forth  beforo  the  gloaming 

Deepens  into  darkest  night, 
While  tho  troubled  sea  is  .foaming 

In  it*  wild  phosphoric  fight. 
Lo  !  the  long  unopened  fountains 

Of  the  clouds  have  burst  at  lust, 
And  the  echoes  of  tho  mountains 

Lift  their  sounding  voice*  fast. 
How  u  thousand  rills  are  pouring 

Down  their  clamorous  waterfulls, 
And  tho  wrathful  stream  is  roaring 

High  above  its  rocky  wnlls. 

No  longer  hoary  winter  reigns, 

No  longer  binds  the  streams  in  chains, 

Or  heaps  with  snow  the  meads; 
Array'd  with  robe  of  rainbow-dyo, 
At  last  the  spring  appears  on  high, 
And,  smiling  over  earth  and  sky, 

Her  new  creation  leads. 
The  snows  confess  a  warmer  ray, 
Tiie  loosen'd  streamlet  loves  to  stray, 

And  echo  down  tho  dale; 
The  hills  uplift  their  summits  green, 
The  vales  moro  verduhfc  spread  between, 
The  cuckoo  in  tho  wood  unseen 

Coos  ceaseless  to  tho  gale. 
The  rainbow  arching  woos  the  eye, 
With  all  the  colours  of  tho  9ky, 

W  Uh  all  the  pride  of  spring  ; 


meadows  ;  the  consequence  is.  their  next  crop  o 
hay  is  ruined,  and  the  spring  following  they  are 
eom|>elJed  to  do  the  same  ;  thus  they  are  ever 
straitened  for  hay,  and  their  forms  impoverished 
— it  is  just  the  same  with  pasture  fields.  He 
who  turns  out  his  stock  ca>ly  will  never  have 
good  pasture ;  and  his  fields  are  kept  bare  by 
close  grazing  until  they  too  are  exhausted  ;  and 
what  grass  roots  the  horse  and  9hcop  do  not  pull 
up  in  the  Ml  are  so  exposed  by  their  nakedness, 
that  the  frost  of  winter  destroys  them,  and  thus! 
the  grazing  part  of  the  farm  is  ruined.  Let  himj 
who  wishes  to  have  a  vigorous  and  early  growth  I 
of  grass,  permit  hit  fields  to  go  into  wintei  quar-; 
tors,  with  a  good  cover  of  oh!  grass;  keep  the 
bars  rAl  up,  the  shrep  off  during  winter,  and  he 
can  ncvir  .'ail. 


Strawberries. — As  soon  as  your  beds  arebarci 
in  the  spring,  spread  over  them  a  slight  covering 
of  straw,  and  set  fire  to  it.  This  will  consume  all 
'the  decayed  leaves,  fee  left  last  season,  and  1-ave 
tho  whole  neat  and  clean.  Then  spread  on  a  little 
fine  manure  from  the  yard,  or  ashes,  which  will 
answer  quite  as  well :  and  then  a  covering  of 
chaff,  say  two  inches  thick.  This  method  is  said 
to  bring  the  plants  and  fruit  forward  earlier,  aufi 
to  make  the  latter  larger  and  of  better  quality.  l! 
keeps  the  fruit  clean,  ami  ripens  it  finely* 

The  Potato,  says  a  writer  in  the  Horticultural 
Register,  is  the  most  important  of  the  plants 
hitherto  known  and  tried  by  the  inhabitants  of 
temperate  climates  ;  producing  on  iti  equal  space 
of  ground,  so  many  more  times  the  amount  of 
farinaceous  and  wiioicsomc  food  for  the  subsis- 
tence of  men,  than  can  be  obtained  from  wheat, 
Indian  corn,  or  any  other  variety  of  grain.  It 
svas  introduced  into  Europe,  from  South  Ameri- 
ca, soon  after  the  discovery  of  the  new  world  ;  in 
consequence  whereof,  millions,  have  been  added 
to  the  population  nnd  those  dreadful  famines 
prevented,  which  were  formerly  of  such  frequent 
occur/once.  It  was  carried  to  Ireland  in  158G 
by  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  and  that  eountry  is  sup- 
posed to  contain  double  the  population  it  could 
have  supported  but  for  the  cultivation  of  this 
root.  A  valuable  and  highly  nutritive  starch  is 
prepared  from  the  potato,  which,  by  a  certain 
process,  may  bo  converted  into  sugar. 

Rhubarb.  Tiiis  valnablo  plant  for  tarts  is  ob- 
tained from  seeds  sown  in  March,  or  from  off- 
sets.   The  plant  should  be  covered  by  a  barrel  or 

jbox,  and  heating  manure  put  over  the  barrol. 

|Very  early  in  the  spring  'he  leaves  of  a  rooted 
plant  will  be  sufficiently  large  for  use. 

Appe:he—\  relish  lwtowed  t.pon  the  poorer  classes, 
that  they  may  liko  what  ihey  oat  —while  it  11  suldom  en- 
joyed by  the  rich,  Iv-cause  ihey  may  eat  wh.it  ihey  like. 


1837. 


Fourth  Month,  APRIL,  hc^riiis  on  Saturday. 


With  all  rtt  caprice-  we  l.ke  the  month  ol  April;  thoBe  laughing  ami  eying  day.,  when 
Md  shade  MM  to  r.*e  m  b.llows  over  the  landscape.    We  l.ke  to  .<»  .ud/eo  XweV  cour^S 
jv.  r  .he  moa.Jovv,  and  g,v;,.g  al    natu.e  a  gre.  ner  Kmile  ;  and  the  bright  .UD beam*  cheeilTIK 

Hy  .g  cloud  and   um.ng  aU  .to  drop,  into  diamond..  The  reeled,  of  Gird*  now  wwm\i  upon  S 

ear  lor  once  ...  the  year  they  are  u*  buny  a-  the  be**  are  alwuv-  They  are  getting  heir  h  u"'-. 
ow.    Each  aucceeding  week  pottM  lorlh  fresh  betUliej  Iron,  the  lap  ,1"  flora. 


•  New  Moon,  Wed.   5th,  2.  *T.  m.  n.k.I   uLtiurw  lucrum*  vtitu  ard...  ,  

is  ilrZK?uar'™H*'  12lh'  6-       c>    8-  !    Shadw  %  »wHU«  o'ei  Ibe  fold,  , 
O  *  oil  Moon,  Than.  20th,  3.44  e.  n.e.1  Showw*  revive  ibe  drooping  veidure 
q  Lflgf  Q«qr.  Thaw.  *7th,  -2.  3.  e  n.w  I    9<*mi  the  sannv  upland  virlds. 


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10  M 

11  T 

12  W 

13  T 

14  F 

15  S 

16  A 

17  M 

18  T 

19  W 

20  T 

21  F 

22  S 

23  A 

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27  T 

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5  28  6  32 

5  27|6  33 

5  25  6  35 

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5  22  6  38 

5  21 6  39 

5  19  6  41 

5  18  (5  42 

5  17  6  43 

5  16  6  44 

5  1416  46 

5  13|6  47 

5  12  6  4S 

5  116  49 

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8  6  52 
7  6  53 


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5  2  10  48 


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5  59 

6  53 

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9  27 

10  34 

11  39 
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7  4 

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2  11 

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Weather,  «tc. 

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2d  Sund.  alt.  Easter.j 

«n'l  glu'lly  now  their  <Jiamond»| 
All  tparklmg,  o'er  theplain  (fling. 
I'h<*  very  iree»  put  on  the  drew 

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I  hear  Lhe  joyous  cadence  ring, 

And  final  upon  the  gale. 
'.I1  nature  seems  to  breathe  the  note. 

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April  19,  1775.  On  this  ever-memorable  day,  the  grand  crisis  arrived,  the  signal  of  war  warn 
iiven,  and  the  blood  shed  at  Lexington  opened  the  first  scene  in  the  zreat  drama  that  absolved  thest 
Jnited  States  from  England,  and  riised  them  from  the  humble  character  of  British  colonics,  t' ) 
iha*.  ol  a  sovoreign  indej>endent  nation.       April  6,  1930.  Joseph  White  murdered  at  Salem,  Mass 

April  2,  174  i.    President  Jefferson  born  at  Chesterfield  county,  Va. 

April  2:5,  1830.  Remarkable  high  tide  along  the  coast  of  New  England  ;  much  damage  done  or 
the  wharves  and  in  the  stores.  Auril  21,  323  B.  C.    Alexander  the  great  died. 


2d  Spring  Month  APRIL,  has  30  days. 


1S37. 


.  The  time  of  the  sinking  of  birds  is  come.  Cant.  ii.  12.  The  return  of  the  birds  is  in  the  most 
'undeviating  order  1  hose  who  left  us  last,  who  seemed  unwilling  to  depart  from  their  accus- 
tomed haunts,  and  to  turn  from  those  whose  friendship  they  were  wont  to  experience,  are  the 
that  to  greet  us  with  their  vernal  melody.  Thus,  as  soon  as  the  spring  opens,  we  hear  the  blue- 
jbird  chirping  upon  our  housetops,  and  the  song  of  the  robin  awakens  us  from  our  morning  drow- 
siness The  marsh-lark,  too,  is  seen  skimming  through  the  air,  and  the  black  bird  returns  to  his 
Ifavorite  meadow  lands. — The  air  is  soon  re  peopled  with  its  multitude  of  songsters,  and  the  fields 
land  woodlands  resound  with  swelling  notes  of  music.  What  a  signal  example  to  man  also  to 
jjoin  in  the  Anthem,  and  to  make  the  song  of  praise- universal  !  Man  is  the  only  reasoning  creature 
on  «*arth  ;  yet  seems  to  be  the  only  doubling  and  thankless  creature  among  the  vust  millions  that 
•  he  Creator  has  formed.  The  warbling  world  which  has  slept  so  long,  is  now  awake,  and  from 
every  grove  their  varied  and  boundless  song  bursts  upon  us  in  all  its  richness  and  melody. 


Now  heaven  descends  in  sunny  showers, 
The  sudden  lields  put  on  the  tiowers, 
The  green  leaves  wave  upon  the  bowers, 
And  birds  begin  to  sing. 

The  cattle  wander  in  the  wood, 
And  rind  the  wanton  verdant  food, 

Beside  the  well-known  rills; 
Blithe  in  the  sun  the  shepherd  swain, 
Like  Tun,  atones  the  pastoral  strain, 
While  many  echoes  send  again 

The  music  of  the  hills. 

At  eve,  the  primrose  path  along, 
The  milkmaid  shortens  with  a  song 

Pier  solitary  way ; 
She  sees  the  fairies,  with  their  queen, 
Trip  hand  in  hand  the  circled  green, 
And  hears  them  raise  at  times  unseen, 

The  ear- enchanting  lay. 

Maria,  come  !    Now  let  us  rove, 
Now  gather  garlands  in  the  grove, 

Of  every  in:w  sprung  llower  ; 
We'll  hear  the  warblings  of  the  wood, 
We'll  trace  the  windings  of  the  flood; 
O  cbme,  thou  fairer  than  the  bud 

Unfolding  in  a  shower. 

THE  ARCTIC  LOVER  TO  HIS  MISTRESS. 
Gone  is  the  long,  long  winter  night, 

Look,  my  boloved  one  ! 
How  giorious,  through  his  .depths  of  light, 

Rolls  the  majestic  sun  ! 
The  willows,  waked  from  winter's  death, 
Give  out  a  fragrance  like  thy  breath — 

The  summer  is  begun  ! 

Ay,  'tis  the  long  bright  summer  day  : 

Hark,  ru  that  mighty  crash  ! 
The  loosened  ice-ridge  br  laks  away — 

The  smitten  waters  flash- 
Seaward  the  glittering  metuntain  rides, 
While  down  its  green'tran^-lucent  sides, 

The  foamy  torrents  dash. 

See,  love,  my  boat  is  moored  for  thee, 

By  ocean  s  wacdy  floor — 
The'petrel  does  not  skin:  itae  *«a 

More  swiftly  than  my  car. 
We'll  go  where,  on  the  rocky  isles. 
Her  eggs  the  screaming  sea-fowl  piles 

Beside  the  pebbly  shots. 

Or,  bide  thee  where  (he  poppy  blows, 
With  wind-flowers  frail  and  fair, 

While  I,  upon  his  isle  of  snows, 
Seek  and  defy  the  bear. 

Fiei  ce  though  he  be,  and  huge  of  frame, 

This  arm  hit  savage  strength  shall  tame, 
And  drag  him  from  his  lair. 

When  crimson  sky  and  flamy  cloud 
Bespeak  the  summer  fled, 


"  GIT  YOUR  OWN  LIV1N." 
"  Go  home  about  your  business,  and  git  your 

own  living'  said  an  industrious  and  worthy  son 

of  Vulcan,  to  an   improvident  cousin-in  law 

who  had  been  for  some  i  ime  taxing  his  hospitality 
Jat  an  unreasonable  rate  ;  ''  take  your  family  and 
Igo  home,  and  practise  industry  and  frugality  ac 

cording  to  your  anilities,  and  >ou  will  have  no 
'reason  to  be  sponging  your  linin  out  of  others  in 

this  way.  1  thump  away  at  the  anvil  early  and 
[late,  to  provide  a  competence  for  my  wife  and 
•little  ones,  and  I  won't  submit  to  see  them  depri- 
ved of  it  by  those  who  are  too  lazy  to  work  !  I  git 
vmy  own  livin,  and  you  may  do  the  same."  The 
jforcible  manner  in  which  the  foregoing  exhorta 
ition  was  delivered,  caused  it  to  be  remembered  in 

the  neighborhood  of  our  hero,  where  it  is  often 
!n  pplicu,  as  a  lash  to  the  idle,  or  a  stimulus  to  the 

thrifty. 

As  I  journey  through  life,  and  behold  the  vast 
multitudes  who  are  striving  by  every  means  in 
their  power,  with  might  and  main,  by  '.out  and 
crook,  o  gain  a  subsistence  from  the  avail 
of  the  labor  of  others,  I  cannot  refrain  from  ex- 
plaining, what  a  pity  it  is  that  people  are  so  loth 
to  '■git  their  own  livin  .'" 

When  I  see  the  unnumbered  hosts  that  throng 
our  legislative  assemblies  from  year  to  year  witl 
pe'itiDU  upon  petition  for  acts  of  special  legisla- 
tion, to  assist  them,  through  a  protence  of  '■'■pub 
lie  good,"  to  ride  upon  the  shoulders  of  the  peo 
pie  ;  I  would  say  to  them  all,  "  go  about  your 
business  ;  git  your  own  licin." 

When  1  behold  Lawyers  and  Doctors,  uniting 
hoart  and  hand  to  perpetuate  a  monopoly  of  law 
and  physic;  branding  as  pettifoggers  and  quacks 
all  who  have  the  audacity  to  pi  act  ice  witi  out  the 
seal  of  their  approbation,  and  calling  upon  com- 
munity for  exclusive  patronage  ;  I  think  to  my 
self,  Gentlemen, stand  upon  your  own  merits.  Let 
the  victory  of  skill  establish  your  claims  ;  " git 
your  own  lioin." 

When  I  reflect  upon  the  swarms  of  sturdy  beg- 
?ars  who  are  roving  abou\  from  house  to  house, 
vith  pitiful  stories,  to  excite  the  sympathies  of  the 
ompissionate,  and  to  draw  from  "  the  man  of 
•.eling"  a  portion  of  his  wealth,  and  from  the  in- 
ligent  widow  her  "  two  mites ;"  1  say  to  myself, 
•hanty  should  never  become  the  dupe  of  knaves. 
For  aught  I  know  they  are  a  set  of  impostors  ;  a' 
all  events,  lei  them  "git  their  own  lie  in."1 

When  1  am  called  upon  by  a  friend,  who,  dis 
carding  the  occupation  of  his  youth,  wishes  to 
embark  in  uncertain  speculations  upon  the 
strength  of  "  bank  facilities,"  and  solicits  my 
name  to  assist  him  in  carrying  his  schemes  into 
operation,  1  frankly  answer, No!  should  you  be 
unsuccessful,  your  misfortune  would  involve  me 
in  ruin  also.  J  might  as  well  loan  you  money 
without  security,  as  to  become  responsible  for  the 
fulfilment  of  your  engagements  with  others.  "J 
git  my  ownlivin  ;"  you  must  do  the  same. 


1837. 


Fifth- Month,  MAY',  begins  oft  Monday. 


|  What  production  of  the  most  skilful  artist  can  compare  with  that  i  imitable  pictuie  whicn  na-i 
lure  presents  on  aline  Mat  morning  ?  The  blossoms  of  the  different  fruit  tree*  mingling  their  tints! 
I  of  pink  and  wuite  with  the  more  sable  green  that  surrounds  them ;  the  numerous  flowers  which! 

I  meet  the  eye  in  varied  succession,  regaling  the  sense;  with  their  rich  perfume,  and  displaying  in! 
!  their  endless  variety  the  skill  of  that  Divine  Artist  from  whose  hand  they  proceed;  the  melodious 

j songs  of  the  feathered  tribe,  exulting  in  their  liberty,  greatly  increase  the  effect  of  this  scene, which 
lis  rendered  perfect  by  the  glorious  and  everlasting  source  of  life  and  heat  rising  majestically  above 

I I  be  horizon,  and  diffusing  his  cheering  and  life-giving  beams  on  all  around. 


gfNew  Moon,  Ttmrs.  4th,  2.  9  e.  s.w.  Pearly  beams  the  eye  of  morning  ; 
|  j)  First  Quar.  Friday  12th,  0.  47.  e.  e.  Child,  forbear  the  deed  unblest  * 
O  Full  !Yloon,  Satur.  20th,  2.  3G.  in.  s.w.  Hawthorn  every  hedge  adorning  -r 
Last  Quar.  Frida.  26th,  7.    S.  e.  n.   \   Pluck  the  flower.?,  hut  spare  the  nest. 


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13  58  A  -21  91  >  -M\  >  17,  8  48  9  20,  8  28.11  41,  6  101  (i  42  3  5  40  32 

14  III  3  A  <)  :»  12  3  (»'  8  51 1  9  35  rise.  11  49!  5  34  6  18  3  53  50  32 
14  28  2  47  lOj  3  52,  3  55 1  8  5ti\  U  53 i  4  l(i|  noonl  5   0(  5  5B13  45100  10 

May  2a 


0|  ft  Decl. |  9 
21*1  2  40S.i  13 
25  23  :i5N.il7 
28  2(i  22S.  20 


if.  i 
19  18 
IS  101 
18!15' 


35,  Old  Stvle.    llnlr,  Burnaraed  the  Venerable,  an-EngliBli  n»onk,  and  an  eccle- 
siastical writer  ofadme  note,  died,  aged  02.    He  was  also  an  eminent  astronomer,  and  gave 


;iirtsiiaa  names  to  the  planets  and  signs  of  the  Zodiac,  which  it  could  bi  wished  hud  been  re- 
auied  ;  but  later  astronomers  think  the  ancient  names  wight  to  be  continued,  to  avoid  contusftn. 
ind  to  preserve  the  ancient  nstro'riSmv.    Mav  19.  1  7K0.  Memorable  dark  day  in  New  kngland. 


8d  Spring  Month  MAY,  has  31  days. 


1SS7, 


He  sendi.th  the  springs  into  the  valleys,  which  run  among  ths  hills.  Thnj  give  drink  to  evrrti 
beast  of  the  field  :  by  them  nhall  the  fowls  of  heaven  hare  th'-ir  habitation  which  sing  among  the 
branches.  Pa.  civ.  10, 11  and  13.  in  the  retirement  of  tlie  country  we  hear  none  or  tin  wanton 
and  corrupting  airs  of  the  opera  ;  bo,  nw  the  majestic  and  ennobling  melody  of  the  oratorio.  Hut 
we  hare  a  band  of  muiic  stationed  in  the  grove,  and  a  concert  of  native  harmony  warbling  from 
the  boughs.  W«  are  entertained  with  the  music  which  charmed  the  human  ear.  long  beforej 
Jubal  found  out  his  instrument*,  anil  thousands  of  yearn  before  Handel  composed  bis  notes. 
Birds,  when  the  cheerful  morning  rises,  or  the  gentle  evening  descends,  perched  on  a  thousand 
boughs,  play  a  thousand  airs,  wildly,  yet  sweetly  harmonious  And  did  ever  nitric  exceed  their 
•prightly  untaught  warbliugs  1    Or  can  any  colour  outvie  their  gay  nnd  glossy  plumage  ? 


And  snows,  that  melt  no  more,  enshroud 

The  valleys  white  and  de.-id, 
I'll  build  of  ice  thy  winter  home, 
With  glistening  walls  and  lucid  dome, 
And  floor  with  skins  bospread. 

The  white  fox  by  thy  couch  shall  play  ; 

And  from  the  frozen  skies, 
The  meteors  of  a  mimic  day 

Shall  fluah  upon  thii>e  eyes. 
And  I — for  such  thy  vow — mcanwhi'c, 
Shall  hear  thy  voice  and  see  thy  smile, 

Till  that  long  midnight  flies. 


i  When  T  ace  an  amiable  and  arcompiished  > 
young  lady,  upon  the  point  of  uniting  her  de*-i 
tiny  for  life  witn  a  contemptible  fop,  whose' 
chief  digni'y  consists  in  his  goggles  *ud  a  walk  ' 
ing  ftick  ;  or  with  one  who  loves  his  bot-' 
tie  better  than  bis  fair  ono  :  beware,  my  dear,' 
.thinks  I,  you  had  better  " git  your  own  livin"\ 
than  throw  yourself  away  in  tins  manner.  The; 
lone  will  bring  you  to  poverty  and  want,  the; 
other,  to  misery  and  disgrace, 
i  When  1  see  a  fond  father,  lavishing  upon  an 
on'y  son  large  sums  of  money,  to  he  spent  in 
bRTAST.  idleness  mjm  dissipation  ;  miii'aken  man,  say  I, 
—  you  aro  bringing  ruin  upon  the  object  of  your 

The  Sprino'i  scanted  buds  all  around  me  are  fond  idolatry;  you  had  better,  by  far,  teach 
swelling  :  him  to  "  git  his  own  /inn."    He  will  then  know 

There  are  songs  in  the  stream — there  is  heajth  how  dnly  10  appreciate  inherited  wealth,  to  en 
intbr^gale;  joy,  in  a  becoming  manner,  tho  smiles  of  for- 

A  sense  of  delight  in  each  bosom  is  dwelling,      tune,  and  to  meet,  with  tin-  fortitude  of  a  phi 
Am  float  the  pure  day-beams  o'er  mountain  loriophcr,  the  buffefngs  of  advorsiiy. 

and  vale ;  I  saw,  not  lo>>g  since,  a  tender  I -tub  of  the  Law 

The  d-*olate  reign  of  Old  Winter  i*  broken —      'wielding  Mis  axe  with  all  the  seal  of  a  liack  wood* 
The  verdure  is  fresh  upon  every  tree  ;  num.    I  inquired  the  cause  with  astonishment. 

Of  Nature's  revivnl  the  charm, — and  a  token       He  had  been  offered  the  penerous  sum  of  five 


Of  love,  oh  thou  Spirit  of  Beauty  I  to  thee. 

AN  EVENING  HYMN. 
Thtrt  is  a  tinge  in  the  sun-light  yet. 

BY  MRS.  <;.  R.  DAPOftTE. 

There  is  a  tinge  of  sun-light  yet 

Un  every  waring  flower, 
And  day  its  colden  beams  has  left 

On  hill  and  mountain  bowor. 
Tnore  is  a  gentle  wind  that  wafu 

The  ripples  to  the  strand  ; 
And  stirs  the  blossoms  and  tho  leave* 

In  this  delicious  land. 

There  is  a  sweetness  iu  the  air, 

A  richness  on  the  sky, 
A  thrilling SoftnoM  breathing  round, 

That  wake*  a  deeper  sigh — 
As  on  tho  silent  heart  the  tuara 

Of  quiet  rapture  fall, 
And  nil  the  loved  of  oth«r  years, 

With  louder  thoughts  recall. 

NIAGARA. 
Nlavara,  Niarara  —  r  ireet  ing  in  Its  might, 
the  fierce  and  free  Niagara  shall  be  my  llvenn 
to-nifht ; 

Atglonoun  thrine  -a  glorious  home,  Nia-ara  an 
mine, 

llearrn'i  fire  i-  nr,  >>y  (1  i* "n"  wave,  Its  iIhiimIi  l 

hlriula  with  thine. 
The  clouds  ar«  nursling  fearfully,  the  rocka  b*- 

nuaih  m«  quiver : 
Bot  thou  unscathed  an  hnrrylng  on,  for  over  anil 

for  erer. 

Tear*  touch  thee  not,  Niagara  I  —  ihon  art  a 

chanfa|fw«  linns; — 
ror  vtlll  I'm  same  ooep  roundelay,  thy  eolcmri 
|_  waUraaing, 

-  •  T    -  tm>  — 


(dollars,  by  his  brother  chips,  to  prepare  a  load  of 
wood  for  the  fire  of  his  own  otn>e.  Not  scorn- 
ing the  occupation  of  his  ancestors,  he  prompt- 
ly accepted  the  challenge,  was  pleading  Ins  own| 
icause;  and  never  before  wsrc  his  pleadings  half; 
.so  forcible.  Well  done,  Charley,  thought  1  ;  "go 
iaheud,"  and  for  the  fir*t  time  In  your  life  vou 
I Will  be  victorious.  Those  who  mahe  themselves 
Imerry  at  your  expense,  are  fools  laughing  at  their 
jown  follv.  Well  would  it  be  for  Ul  all,  if  they 
too,  wottid  subdue  their  propensity  lor  ease,  and 
by  the  sweat  of  the  brow  ihgit  thctr  own  licm." 
Bat,  alas  !  they  aro  too  fond  of  "fat  geese." 

Whoa — haw  buck  !   says  the  farmer,  and  on- 
wnrd  he  jogs  through  life,  the  most  independent 
man  anion.'  us  all.    His  nmtto  is 
I  inipii  <lc  n,  win  if  daajgafda  »lnp. 

Ant  roe  ••»«ll  h*"*-  rum  m   katp." 

Merry  as  tho  thrush  lit  tho  hedge,  he  whistle* 
nway  "dull  rare,"  as  he  trudgt  *  along  the  "down 
hill  of  life,"  utterly  regnrdlo.-s  of  the  frov*  n  of  the 
tyrant,  the  flnttery  of  the  sycophant,  or  the  false 
alarm  of  the  hypocrite.  He  look*  at  hi*  flurkt 
ond  herds,  upon  his  flowing  field*  of  grain,  nnd 
orchard*  bending  beneath  their  golden  bunion* 
nnd  whilst  a  gh>w  of  virtuous  pride  flushes  across 
Ins  sunburnt  visage,  he  exclaims,  "  Thrae  arr 
inrne  !  the  bonrfirent  rewnrd  of  my  toil."  He 
"git*  his  own  linn."  Anil  no  doe»  llie  trades 
man  nnd  mechanic     And  if.  in  iinilolioii  of  lhi» 

wortiiy  trio,  every  member  of  sorietr  won  id 

spend  six  h'nir-  enHi  dav,  at  something  really 
IMRH  wo  should  then  lie  in  fact,  what  we  hum 
*r«  irt  neeti  titctixlt.'iy,  p*atcM>ic,  and  kapj>> 
pioflt.  J  ki  t  Tlamb. 

Desire  of  know  le.!er,  mriaaee*  with  ka  nripn  i 
em.  I'hoae  who  kn  -w  ino^i,  ar*  MOM  aoxioii 
io  know  more.  Bin  Ignorant  tx-npia  think  the> 
i.iva  fimhm^  io  Ira.  ii,  Utnui""  ih'y  hare  Iwiin-. 
•a  h>nj. 


1S37.  Sixth  Montr,  JUNE,  begins  on  Tknr.ulnij. 


What  gorgeotia  scenery  do  wo  witness  on  a  fine  morning  in  thm  "  primr  of  the  year!"  The 
country  ia  now  in  perfection  ;  every  bush  is  a  ixxcgay,  and  all  the  ground  a  »ieru  of  embroidery 
The  air  is  enriched  with  native  perfume,  and  the  whole  creation  *••*,»*  to  amile.  On  every  tree 
we  hear  the  voice  of  melody,  niul  in  every  grove  a  concert  i>f  warbling  mimic  Each  herb  and 
shrub  ib  clad  in  ita  rich';*t  garment,  and  alunei  forth  in  youth  and  loveliness  The  tre.es  and  fields 
look  proudly  in  the  lustinesa  of  their  young  green  ;  au4  the  ascending  glorious  MM  mils  majestic- 
ally thiough  the  deep  blue  depths,  exulting  in  his  everlasting  brightness,  and  shoots  out  his  sultrj 
slrengih,  muking  the  birds  wanton  and  noisy  with  the  exuberance  of  their  joy. 

#  New  Moon,  Sat.  "  3d,    2.  50.  in.  n.  e 
D  First  Quur.  Sun.  11th,  5.  35.  m.  n. 
|0  Full  Moon,  Sun.lSth,  10.  55.  m.  n. 
d  Last  Quar.  Sun.  525th,  L    L  in.  K. 


School  boys  In  the  brook  disporting, 

S]).;nd  the  suhry  hour  of  play  ; 
While  the  nymphs  and  swains  are  courting, 

Sealed  on  ti  t  new- made  hay. 


Sun 

Sun 

Moon 

Moon 

High 

Sun's 

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Days. 

riM-s. 

►  els. 

rises 

south. 

water. 

decl. 

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12ln 

U.;D.  Ic.  Twi.'t.  •  r.a 

I  14  44  2  36  10  4  36, 

11(14  51  2  29  10  5  181 

-ill  14  56  2  25  10  5  59' 


6  J)  7*8.  fteastiM. 

Til  June,  'lit  merry  muling  June  . 
'Tit  blinding  S'immer  now  . 

6  ?  D  &  S.  Rain., 

SL.9SSS I  High  Tides. 

The  ro«e  i»  rf ,i  —i  he  MaOSi  i»  dead— 
The  fmii  it  on  the  bough. 

4  Aphe.&  Inf.  6  &. 

The  bir.l-c  ir«  hai'gs  upon  the  wall. 
Amnl  lli«  clusi'riiig  fine  : 

I  Apogee.  6  U  1>  . 
6  D  t  .  Showers. 

I'he  rustic  teal  It  in  the  porch, 
Where  honey  .net  le»  twine. 

3d  Sund.  aft.  Trinity. 
Low  Tides,  stat. 

The  rosy  ragged  urchin*  play 

Iicue;<th  the  glowing  sky  ; 
Tliey  scoop  Hie  ■and,  or  gaily  chat. 
Xmt  bee  that  buzzes  by. 
A    h    ft      \  Rrg  .lot,  or  ihe  L - 
O     7    D  '  Jon'.  Heart,  Nil  «, 
•SAotre-rt.  1 10.  40.  in.  even. 

I'he  household    spaniel   fling*  h  • 

Along  ibe»lone  paved  hall  ;|  length 

^fe^Ti  v  stationary. 

The  panting  sheep-dog  .eek.  the 
Where  te*fy  shadows  ull.  |tpoi 

D Perigee.   Very  High  Tides. 

Sum.  sols.  C^ent.  25. 

The  peiled  kitten  friskt  among 
The  bean  flowers'  flagrant  maze  , 

6      D  •  -Not  unplea- 
>th  Sund.  af.  Trinity. 
LowTides.  [sunt  for 
[the  season. 

<)t,  baskng,  tnrows  her  dapplei 
To  court  the  waraien  rays,  [lorin 
J     t)  7-*,;    SThe  star  Kas-AI- 

0    *  *  bag-it  so.  at  11.  e. 

I'he  jpen'd  casement. flinging  wide. 

Gmanw  gi*  e  to  view  ; 
Withchoices;  posies  rang'd  between 
Still  wet  n-illi  mo  ruing  He  x. 

•-  r  a  _r  a    '  r.a  T^n.   !  so  _  ro  '  mj.   i  F   •  j»l.    :  1  Q  Oecl  i  9  |/i  |  <* 

4  53  9   2  10  12  3  35ip.  m.  4  23  5  32  2  35  70  43  31  19  8N.  23  18  13 

5  46 1  9    9  10  31  -2  33  0  27 1  3  50  5  12  F  49  80  17  32   6  34X  24  17  11 

6  40!  »  16  10  50  2  13  0  421  3  17  4  52  1  18  SB  49  33,22  41  B.  24.17  J 


Holy  Duvb,  AsjiecLt,  Tide*, 
VV.  at  her,  &.c. 


ju.ieb,  /  ,&aiiuy,  iaio.  iitfiuariuiuie  lor  ine  degree  oi  cold  and  Iron  in  .New  bo^laDd <mtl  Uie  JBriliM 
provinces.  In  many  places  ice  was  formed  nearly  one-fourth  of  an  inch  thick,  and  the  ground  in  mol«i 
*pots  frozen  sufficiently  to  bear  a  man.  On  the'?th,  in  New  Hampb,  considerable  snow  felL  On  tht 
»ih,  a  total  eclipse  of  the  moon  took  place,  attended  with  circumstances  more  extraordinary  than  anj 
•>n  re:ord ;  the  moon  being  entirely  invisible  during  the  whole  time  of  total  obscurity ;  although  the, 
venin»  was  perfectly  fair  and  clear,  and  the  atmosphere  entirely  free  from  haae,  smoke,  or  cloude 
of  any  kind.    'I'he  oldest  person  linns,  we  presume,  does  not  remember  a  rumilar  instance. 


1st  Summer  Month,  has  30  days. 


1S37. 


Let  us  go  forth  into  the  field.  Cant.  vii.  11.  How  delightful  are  the  scenes  of  rural  nature. 
In  the  country,  it  is  true,  there  are  none  of  the  modish,  I  had  almost  said  meretricious  ornaments 
of  that  false  politeness,  which  refines  people  out  of  their  veracity,  but  an  easy  simplicity  of  man-| 
ners  with  an  unaffected  einceriry  of  mind.  Here,  the  solemn  farce  of  ceremony  is  seldom  brought 
into  play,  and  the  pleasing  delusions  of  compliment  have  no  place;  but  the  brow  is  the  real 
index  of  the  temper,  and  speech  the  genuine  interpreter  of  the  heart.  In  the  country  we  are 
seldom  invited  to  see  the  mimic  attempts  of  human  art ;  but  we  every  where  behold  the  grand  and 
masterly  exertions  of  divine  power.  No  theatre  erects  its  narrow  singe,  surrounds  it  with  puny 
rows  of  ascending  seats,  or  adorns  it  with  ashifiing  series  of  gorgeous  scenery.  But  fields  extend 
their  ample  area — meadows  disclose  their  beautiful  bosom,  and  grooes  of  various  leaf,  arrayed  in 
freshest  verdure,  and  liberal  of  their  reviving  shade,  rise  in  amiable,  in  noble  prospect  all  around. 


I  gazed  upon  the  glorious  sky 

And  the  green  mountains  round  ; 
And  thought,  that  when  I  came  to  lie 

Within  the  silent  ground, 
'Twere  pleasant,  that,  in  flowery  June, 
When  brooks  sent  up  a  cheerful  tune, 

And  groves  a  joyous  sound, 
The  sexton's  hand,  my  grave  to  make, 
The  rich  green  mountain  turf  should  break. 

A  cell  within  the  frozen  mould, 

A  coffin  borne  through  sleet, 
And  icy  clods  above  it  rolled, 

While  fierce  the  tempests  beat — 
Away  !  I  will  not  think  of  these — 
Blue  be  the  sky  and  soft  the  breeze, 

Earth  green  beneath  the  feet, 
And  the  damp  mould  gently  prost 
Into  my  narrow  place  of  rest. 

There,  through  the  long,  long  summer  houri, 

The  golden  light  should  lie, 
And  thiols  young  herbs  and  groups  of  flowers 

Stand  in  th«ir  beauty  bv  ; 
Tho  oriole  should  build  and  tell 
The  love-tale  close  beside  my  cell ; 

Th*  idle  butterfly 
Should  rest  him  there,  and  there  be  heard 
The  housewife  b«e  and  humming  bird. 

And  what,  if  cheerful  shouts,  at  noon, 

Come,  from  the  village  sent, 
Or  song*  of  maids,  beneath  the  moon, 

With  fairy  laughter  blent? 
And  what,  if  in  the  evening  light, 
Betrothed  lovers  walk  in  sight 

Of  my  low  monument? 
I  would  the  lovely  seeno  around 

light  know  no  sadder  sight  or  sound. 

I  know,  I  know,  I  should  net  see 

The  season's  glorious  show, 
Nor  would  its  brightness  shine  for  me, 

Nor  its  wild  music  flow ; 
But  if  around  my  place  of  sleep, 
The  friends  I  love  should  come  to  weep, 

They  might  not  haste  to  go  : 
Soft  airs,  nnd  song,  and  light,  and  bloom, 
Should  keep  them  lingering  by  my  tomb. 

Th«>se  to  their  softened  hearts  should  bear 

The  thought  nf  what  ha*  been, 
And  speak  of  one  who  cannot  share 

The  gladness  of  the  scene  ; 
Whose  part  in  all  the  pomp  that  fills 
The  circuit  of  the  summer  lulls, 

Is — that  his  grave  is  green; 
And  deeply  would  their  hearts  rejoioe 
To  hear,  again,  his  living  voice.  Brtaht 


DOMESTIC  ECONOMY". 
Spare  not  nnr  spend  too  much,  be  this  thy  cars, 
Spare  but  to  spend,  and  only  spend  t<>  spare  ; 
Who  spenis  100  mi  oh,  may  want,  and  so  complai 
B>u  he  spends  besi,  who  spares  t»  spend  again. 


|  Independence  of  the  Farmer — The  merchant 
jor  manuf  icturer  may  be  robbed  of  the  reward  of 
|his  labor,  by  the  changes  of  the  foreign  or  do- 
jmestic  market  entirely  beyond  his  control,  and 
|msy  wind  up  a  year  in  which  he  had  done  every 
thing  which  intelligence  and  industry  could  do 
to  insure  success,  not  only  without  profit,  but 
with  an  actual  diminution  of  capital.  The  strong 
arm  of  mechanic  industry  may  be  enfeebled  or 
jparalized  by  the  prostration  of  those  manuf  .ctur- 
!ing  or  commercial  interests  to  whose  existence 
it  so  essentially  contributes,  and  on  whom  in 
turn  it  so  essentially  depends.  But  what  has  the 
intelligent  and  industrious  farmer  to  fear?  His 
capital  is  investen  in  the  solid  ground  ;  ho  draws 
on  a  fund  which,  from  time  immemorial,  has 
never  failed  to  honor  all  just  demands;  his 
profits  may  be  diminished  indeed,  Out  never 
wholly  suspended  ;  his  success  depends  on  no 
mere  earthly  guarantee,  but  on  the  assurance  of 
that  groat  and  beneficent  Being,  who  has  declar- 
ed, that  while  the  earth  endureth,  seed  time  and 
harvest  shall  not  cease. 


On  saving  time. — A  prudent  man  is  as 
saving  of  his  time  as  ot  his  substance.  Forj 
as  it  is  by  the  use  of  time  that  substance 
is  acquired,  he  "who  is  slothful  in  his 
work,  is  no  better  than  he  who  is  a  great 
waster."  Sedulus,  who  is  a  frugal  and 
industrious  man,  once  observed  to  me, 
hat  there  is  much  more  need  of  econo- 
my in  the  application  of  our  time,  than 
our  money;  tor  our  money  we  may  keep 
by  us,  if  we  will,  and  dispose  of  it  when 
we  think  best ;  but  our  time  is  always  pas- 
sing, whether  we  will  or  no,  and  if  we  use 
it  not,  when  it  is  going,  we  lose  it  forever. 

It  is  a  matter,  says  he,  "  of  principal 
importance  to  do  every  thing  in  season.  A 
day  then  is  worth  a  week  at  another  time. 
love  to  converse  with  my  friends ;  but  I 
never  visit  them,  nor  wish  them  to  visit 
me,  in  the  more  busy  seasons,  when  the 
mind  cannot  be  at  liberty  Mere  ceremo- 
ny never  ought  to  take  place  of  necessary 
duty.  I  so  plan  my  business,  that  every 
one  in  my  family  may  find  employment 
the  year  round.  The  school  finds  busi- 
ness for  my  younger  membejs  ;  and  the 
knowledge  acquired  there,  is  afterwards 
'improved  by  a  proper  use  of  the  seasons 
iof  leisure  and  recess. 

"  I  take  the  newspapers,  which  always 
contain  something  instructive,  and  give 
isome  useful  information.  They  are  a 
cheap  and  easy  vehicle  ofknowledge,  and 
'I  am  always  glad,  when  I  find  in  them 


1 837. 


Seventh  Month,  JULY,  be^im  on  Saturday. 


All  i>t  vigor  and  activity  in  the  vegetable  kingdom  lid*  mouth.  The  gurden  a fiord*  many  ,  ty 
inmates,  and  the  field*  glow  with  every  hue  and  shade  of  colorific  radiance.  Ah  Summer  advan- 
ces, the  vocal  niucic  of  the  groves  diminishes,  and  with  tins  month  may  be  said  to  MAM,  if  wc 
except  the  chirping  of  the  wren,  and  two  or  three  other  small  birds  l—Wfti  take  the  pluce  of  the 
leathered  tribe,  and  h  ing  for  the  most  part  hatched  in  the  spring ,  they  IN  now  in  full  vigor 
The  grain  gradually  assume*  a  yellow  hue,  and  the  cobrs  which  decorate  the  rural  scene  are  no 
|  longer  so  numerous.  The  flowers  which  MOMOBM  d  in  die  last  month,  soon  innture  their  »eeds  and 
haston  to  decny.  A  new  race  succeeds,  wh  ch  demands  all  the  fervid  rays  of  a  solsticial  sun  to 
■ring  tj  perfection.  The  various  fruits  that  l'ninonu  now  begins  to  offW  to  allay  the  parching 
:hirst,  gooseberries,  blackberries  and  others,  are  peculiarly  refreshing  at  this  sultry  season. 


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Maids  with  each  a  guardian  lover, 
While  the  vivid  lightning  flies, 

IlaAt'ning  to  the  nearest  cover, 
Clasp  t  heir  hands  hefore  their  eyes 

Holy  Days,  Aspects,  Tid-  », 
Weather,  Sec.  

?  in  Perihe.  Fine. 

St:':,  i  •  in  Apogee. 
6      I>  .  Signs  of  rain. 

The  mower  whi.lkt  o'er  his  toil 
Tb<  MB'mM  gran  mutt  yield 

D  Apogee.  D  "4  . 
Rather  high  Tides 

rhesoythe  isotit,lb>-  twarth  i.down 
There',  incense  in  the  field. 

D  $  Algol  ris.10.30. 
^tS^.^I  Pleasant.] 

Equivocation  is  half  way 
to  lying,  and  lym?  zhr  ichoif 
icay  to  hell.     [Fine  weather. 

Low  Tides.     I  h  D- 

L","  in  the  morning  early  ;— 
To  graei  Auror.\'»  imilri, 
On  Naturt'i  pwj|  ponder, 
A.  I'iro'  ihi  gram  you  wandar,  ' 
AnJ  treaJ  ihnr  veriur'd  ui.le*.  , 

ISi  ^stationary. 

Good  weather  for 
D  Perigee.  [harvest- 
Very  high  tides,  [ing. 
2  in  Perihe.  fll  D  d  . 

The  lurraer,  'midst  his  labor  .mil  -.. 
F"or  hartest  soon  repays  hi. 

Now  henis  the  loaded  grain  : 
.So  virtuous  soul,  their  joys  hav 

QthSundafTrin.^11 
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6  D  7*s.  [3.  15.  m. 
LowTides.  Showers 

J  O  If  \  Aluin,  or  the  Ea- 
0+^4-.     J  gle'.  Heart,  »..uth 

Sup.  6  *  0. 

lUdneiBWitli  all  their  labor?  crown 
And  peace  rewards  iheir  pain.  j 

10th  Sun.  af.  Trinity. 

Time  is  money. 


0.  I).  le.  Twil't  j  Sr.al  9r.a'Zir.a'  Si  a  T*ri    i  so 
1  14  52  2  28  10!  6  41  7  33,1  9  23  11  ll|l  33  0  56! 
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2l!l4  30  2  48  10  '  8   2*  9  15'  9  39  11  53  0  10|l  19! 


4  «ol  iHoW  81  3  pl.t.-  i  D  Decl. I  9IZJ.I9 
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July  3,  1820.  Dolland,  tlie  great  optician,  died.  July  27,  1S30.  Revolution  in  France. 

July  5.  1830.  Algiers  taken  by  the  French.  July  5,  1100.  Jerusalem  taken  by  the 

Crusaders.  Julv  15.  IS  1 3.  Napoleon  embarked  for  St.  Helena. 


183' 


And  Isaac  teent  out  tn  meditate  in  the  field*  at  eventide.  Gen.  xxiv.  63.  What  a  rich  pros- 
pect does  rural  nature  now  present !  ample  field*  exhibiting  their  various  fruits  advancing  to 
perfection — meadows  yielding  a  fertile  lap  for  the  most  luxuriunt  herbage  aud  gayest  flowers — the 
grove  of  trees  like  a  grand  colonnade  erecting  its  towering  head  and  creating  a  friendly  shade  for 
the  beasts,  and  an  hospitable  lodging  fur  the  birds. — Droves  of  sturdy  cattle,  strong  for  labour  or 
fat  for  the  shambles,  and  docks  of  new  fleeced  sheep  with  their  snowy  lambkins  sporting  at  their 
side. — These  compose  the  grand  machinery  —this  is  the  school  of  indus  ry — thi6  is  the  magazine 
ot plenty — and  is  it  not  incomparably  more  delightful  as  well  as  infinitely  less  dangerous  than 
those  seminar  es  of  lewdness  and  impioty,  where  sin  and  ruin  wear  the  mask  of  pleasure  1  than 
those  temples  of  profuseness  and  debauchery,  where  Belial  is  daily  or  nightly  worshipped  with 
what  his  votaries  call,  modish  recreation,  and  gentoel  amusement  1  It  is  not  strange  that  patriots 
anil  heroes,  sages  and  saints,  are  so  fond  of  stealing  from  the  glare  of  grandeur  and  the  dull  im- 
pertinence of  man  in  the  noisy  city,  to  solace  themselves  in  the  shady  grove  or  the  sylvan  portico* 
of  the  peaecful  and  silent  villa;  and  to  meditate  in  moss-grown  cells,  and  rocky  shades. 


SONG  OF  THE  BEES. 
We  watch  for  the  light  of  the  morn  to  break, 

And  colour  the  Eastern  sky, 
With  its  blended  hues  of  saffron  and  lake, 
Thei  say  to  each  other,  "Awake:  Awake!" 
For  our  winter's  honey  is  all  to  make, 

And  our  bread  for  a  long  supply. 

AnJ  off  we  hie  to  the  hill  and  dell, 

To  the  field,  to  the  meadow  and  bower 
We  love  in  the  columbine's  horn  to  dwelt, 
To  dip  in  the  lily  with  snow  white  bell, 
To  seirch  the  balm  in  its  odorous  ce  I, 

The  mint,  and  the  rosemary  flower. 

We  se?kthc  bloom  of  the  eglantine. 

Of  the  painted  thistle  and  briar; 
And  fallow  the  steps  of  the  wandering  vine, 
Whether  it  trail  on  the  earth  supine, 
•Jr  lound  the  aspiring  tree  top  twine, 

And  reach  for  a  statu  still  higher. 

While  each  on  the  good  of  her  sister  bent, 

!s  busy,  and  cares  for  all, 
We  hope  for  an  evening  with  heart's  content, 
Kor  th»  winter  of  life  ;  without  lament 
That  simmer  is  gone,  its  hours  misspent, 
Aud  the  harvest  is  past  recall. 

THE  TUUNDER-STORM. 
Deep  fiery  clouds  o'ercast  tho  sky, 

Deid  stillness  reigns  in  air  ; 
There  u  not  even  a  breeze,  on  high 

The  gowamer  to  bear. 

Tne  v«oods  are  hushed,  the  waters  rest, 

The  lake  is  dark  aed  .still, 
Reflecting,  on  its  shadowy  broast, 

Eack  form  of  rock  and  hill. 

Tho  line-leaf  waves  not  in  the  grove, 

Nor  nose-tree  in  the  bower ; 
ThebirJs  have  ceased  their  songs  of  love, 

Awel  by  the  threatening  hour. 

'Tis  nocn  ;  yet  nature's  calm  profound 

Seemt  as  at  midnight  deep  ; 
But,  hark  !  what  peal  of  awful  sound 

Break,  on  creation's  sleep  1 

The  thuider  bursts  !  its  rolling  might 

Seems  tho  firm  hills  to  shake; 
And,  in  kTrifick  splrmlour  bright, 

The  gathered  lightnings  break. 

Yet  fear  not,  shrink  not,  thou,  my  child  ! 

Thougk,  by  the  bolt's  descent, 
Were  the  tall  cliffs  in  ruins  piled, 

And  th  -  wide  forests  rent. 
Doth  not  rjiy  God  behold  thee  still, 

With  all-surveying  eye  ? 
Doth  not  his  power  all  nature  fill, 

Around,  beneath,  on  high  1 


some  pieces  of  moral  instruction,  adnpted 
to  the  taste  and  capacity  ot"  youth.  I  keep 
a  number  of  books  on  various  subjects, 
among  which  divinity  has  a  principal 
jplace.  And  I  often  purchase  a  new  book, 
ibecause  a  love  of  novelty  is  natural  to  the 
!young  ;  and  by  gratifying  this  passion,  I 
jkeep  alive  their  taste  for  reading. 
I  "  Winter  evenings,  and  rainy  days  in 
.summer,  are  as  profitable  to  my  family  as 
iany  part  of  the  year.  They  are  then  em 
'ployed  in  cultivating  their  minds,  and  im- 
proving their  knowledge.  If  I  have  a 
'hired  man,  who  seeks  every  opportunity 
bo  run  to  a  tavern,  and  tu  mix  with  gam- 
jblers,  I  attempt  to  reclaim  him  ;  if  ffind 
him  irreclaimable,  I  soon  dismiss  him, 
ilest  his  example  should  corrupt  my  house- 
hold. I  never  retain  in  ray  service  a  man 
who  will  not  submit  to  order. 

"I  sometimes  sit  down  among  my  chil- 
dren and  domestics,  and  enter  into  fami- 
'liar  discourse  with  them,  on  some  subject 
jthat  maybe  useful.  I  encourage  them  to 
'propose  questions  by  my  forwardness  to 
answer  them.  I  endeavour  to  give  them 
a  turn  for  conversation,  and  to  direct  it 
'into  some  profitable  channel.  In  such 
(ways  I  fill  up  my  own  time,  and  teach 
Ithem  to  fill  up  theirs."  I  was  much  pleas- 
led  with  the  plan  of  Sedulus,  and  went 
home  with  a  resolution  to  adopt  it. 

Family  Economy. — If  young  people  would 
place  themselves  beyond  the  reach  of  poverty, 
they  must  manage  their  family  affairs  with  econ- 
omy. It  matters  not  whether  a  man  furnish  lit  le 
or  much  for  a  family:  if  there  is  a  continual  leak 
ing  in  the  kitchen  or  in  the  parlor,  it  runs  away, 
h  knows  not  how ;  and  that  demon,  waste,  cries 
'more,  like  the  horse-leech's  daughter,  until  he  thai; 
Iproviies  has  no  more  to  give.  It  is  the  constant 
Idroppinsr  that  will  wear  away  the  marble,  and 
exhaust  the  sea.  It  is  the  husband's  duty  to  bring, 
into  the  house,  and  it  is  the  duty  of  the  wife  to  see, 
that  nothing  goes  wrongfully  out  of  it — not  the | 
least  article,  however  unimportant  in  itself,  for  it 
establishes  a  precedent ;  nor  und«r  any  pretence.; 
for  it  opens  a  door  for  ruin  to  stalk  in,  and  he  sel-: 
dom  leaves  an  opportunity  unimproved.  A  man, 
gets  a  wife  to  look  after  his  affairs,  to  assist  him1 
in  his  journey  through  life,  to  educate  and  prepare 
his  children  for  a  proper  station  in  lile,  and  not  to! 
dissipate  his  property.  The  husband's  interest 
should  be  the  wife's  care,  and  her  ambition  should 
carry  her  no  farther  than  his  welfare  and  happi-j 


Eighth  Month.  ATGCST.  herring  on  Tuesday. 


At  the  sultry  hourof  noon,  at  this  season,  which  may  be  accounted  the  hottest  in  the  year,  all 
nature  seems  sunk  in  lassitude  and  repose,  and  an  universal  silence  reigns  around,  even  deepnc 
that  which  waits  upon  the  noon  of  night.  It  is  then  thut  we  fly  to  woods,  to  waters  and  tocavex 
dtM8  coolness  breathes  a  delicious  b*lm  through  every  nerve,  and  rfUfHMel  the  mind  to  th"| 
njoyment  of  fhe  scenery  itself,  which  secludes  us  trom  the  blaze  of  day,  as  well  as  to  the  indrl-i 
genre  of  those  trains  of  thought  which  spring  from,  and  lux.iriate  in,  the  realms  of  fancy  oiul| 
meditation.  Animal*  are  oppressed  with  universal  I  inguor,  and  either  bend  their  way  to  pool*  of] 
water,  the  coverts  ofthe  forest,  or  to  any  place  that  will  shade  them  from  the  almost  vertical  sun.  | 


%  sew  Moon,  Tuea.  1st,  7.  81.  in.  e. 

D  First  Qunr.  Wed.    9th,  8.  21.  m.  n  e. 
O  Full  Moon,  Wed.  16th,  0.  3D.  in.  s. 
(I  Last  Quar.  Tues.  22d,  8.  17.  e.  n.e. 
9  New     oon,  Wed.  30tli,  114    e.  n. 


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Holy  Days,  Aspects,  Tides, 
Weather,  fcc. 


D  Apogee,    rj  I  I  . 

Rather  high  Tides.     <i  4D- 

6  D  ?  .  □ 
Fine  and  Pleasant. 

(Jjr  the  shortening  twilight  hour*, 
It  Mm  tliill  »nd  fragrant  ihi'Wrii 

i  ith  Hsjitsnr  I        J    ♦  k 

..ft.  Tnn;iy.  {  O    6    J>  • 

d  2  4\Y'dL.ris.2.20. 

By  the  finw'reu  pale  and  laced, 
Uy  the  leaves  with  rmtei  sinded. 
/    r.     w       I  Warm,  wilh  thun- 
0     <*    "  •    fder,   and  perhaps 

Low  Tides.  JjjggJ- 

By  I  he  gray  and  clouded  mem, 
By  tue  'trooping  e<n  of  con, 
Opening  n'>w,  and  earthward 
terdinj, 

12th  Sun.  af.  Trinity 

As  man,  when  full  of  yir.  ii 

bending 

D  Perigee.  } 

I  W  ft  Virgin'i^jikestii 
O    o    ■»  .      8.  54.  e»ei. 

High  Tides.  \f££l? 

rowards  hit  kindred  duit.  vher.-  he 
f.owly,  foon,  shall  wi'herhg  be  ; 
l!y  ihi-  silence  of  each  jrro»e, 
Vocal  late  wilh  uutrs  of  leve  ; 

13th  Sun.  af.  Trinity. 

By  the  meadows,  overspriad 
M  ith  the.  «pider'§  wavy  thread  ; 

6  D  7*s. 

Alde.ri.11.41.  fCo0,er 
Low  Tides. 

By  the  soft  and  shadowy  sky, 
By  the  thousand  fears  tkal  lis 
cVcry  weeping  bo<igh  beneath — 
Summer,  we  perceive  try  death  ; 
I4tii  Sunday  >  "Rain 

aft.  Trinity.  \  -ivain. 
D  Apogee.    K  *$0r. 
6  D  '4  •  High  winds. 

■Summer  all  ihy  charns  axe  past  ; 
Summer,  thou  ar:  waa.ing  fait; 
Scarcely  one  cf  all  thy  roses, 


D.  I),  le.  Twil't  ©r.ai  9>.a;ilr.al  i  r.a  7 
114  10  3  3  9:  S  46110  8  9  48:12  17  1]  2211  28 j  1  8 
11  13  48  3  20  9;  9  24  10  541  9  56  12  40  10  42|1  35j0  37 
2113  34-3  37  9|  10  1  11  39110  5)  13  3  10  6,1  40|0  36 


ri.i  9so-4«o'  3  so  13-10  pi  1O1  D  Ueci.i  v  1 4 
"  "9  128  57  2.5  22  47X.  13  14 


3  37  5  59  128. 
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3    5  2  54  148  9  16  15  44N.j 


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Aug.  25,  1822.  Herschel,  the  Astronomer,  died.  Aug.  18,  1834.  Tremendous  eruption  0: 
Mount  Vesuvius.  Aug.  8,  1835.  Great  riot  at  Baltimore.  Several  persons  killed,  and 
rnore  wounded.    It  was  occasioned  by  the  conduct  of  the  officers  of  the  Bank  of  Maryland. 


3d  Summer  Month,  AUGUST,  has  31  days. 


1S37. 


The  sun  goeth  down  and  hasteth  to  his  place.  Ecc.  i.  5.  Behold  the  grand  monarch  of! 
heaven  as  he  finishes  hi*  daily  race  and  hastens  to  the  goal.  Ho  descends  lower  and  lower,  till; 
his  chariot  wheels  seem  to  hover  on  the  utmost  verge  oi  the  sky.  What  is  somewhat  remarkable,; 
the  orb  of  light  upon  the  point  of  setting,  grows  considerably  broader.  The  shadows  of  objects! 
jus'  before  they  become  blended  in  undistinguishable  darkness,  are  exceedingly  lengthened.  Like! 
blesssings,  little  prized  while  possessed,  but  highly  esteemed  the  very  instant  they  are  prepared' 
for  their  flight  ;  bitterly  regretted,  when  once  they  are  gone  and  to  be  seen  no  moie. — Now  the 
radiant  globe  i's  half  immersed  beneath  the  dusky  earth  ;  or,  as  the  ancient  poets  speak,  is  shoot-  j 
inginto  the  ocean,  and  sinks  into  the  western  sea.  And  now  the  great  luminary,  entirely  sunk, 
boneath  the  horizon,  totally  disappears,  and  the  whole  face  of  the  ground  is  overspread  with  un- 
distinguishable shades  ;  or,  with  what  one  of  the  finest  painters  of  nature  ca^ls  a  "  dun  obscurity." 


Know,  hadst  thou  eag  e-ptuions,  free 

To  track  the  roalms  of  air, 
Thoucouidst  not  reach  a  spot  where  Ho 

Would  not  be  with  thee  there! 

In  the  wide  city's  peopled  towers, 

On  the  vast  ocean's  plains, 
'Mid  the  deep  woodland's  loneliest  bowers, 

Alike,  the  Almighy  reigns  ! 

Then  fear  not,  though  the  angry  sky 

A  thousand  darts  should  cast : 
Why  should  we  tremble,  e'en  to  die, 

And  be  with  Him  at  last  7— Mrs.  Hekaws. 

Thou'rt  bearing  hence  thy  roses, 

Giad  .Summer,  fare  thee  well  ! 
Thou'rt  singing  thy  Inst  melodies 

In  overy  -wood  and  dell. 

But  in  the  golden  sunset 

Of  thy  last  lingering  day, 
Oh  !  tell  mc  o'er  this  cheqnared  varth, 

How  hast  thou  pass'd  away  1 
Brightly  sweet  Summer !  brightly, 

'J  hine  hours  are  floated  by, 
To  the  joyous  birds  of  the  woodland  boughs, 

The  rangers  of  the  sky. 
And  brightly  in  the  forests, 

To  the  wild  deer  wandering  free  : 
And  brightly  'midst  the  garden  flowora, 

Is  the  happy  murmuring  bee. 
But  how  to  human  bosoms, 

With  all  their  hopes  and  fears, 
And  thoughts  that  make  them  eagle  wings, 

To  pierce  the  unborn  years  ! 
Sweet  Summer!  to  the  captive 

Tliou  hast  flown  in  burning  dreams 
Of  the  woods  with  all  their  whisneriug  leaves, 

And  the  blue  rejoicing  streams; — 
To  the  wasted  and  the  weary 

Un  the  bed  of  sickness  bound, 
In  swift  delicious  fantasies, 

That  changed  with  every  sound. 
To  the  sailor  on  the  billows, 

In  longings  wild  and  vain, 
For  the  gushing  founts  and  breezy  lulls, 

And  the  homes  of  earth  again  ! 
And  unto  me,  glad  Summer  ! 

How  hast  thou  flown  io  mc  ? 
My  chainless  footsteps  nought  hath  kept 

From  my  haunts  of  song  and  glee. 
Thou  hast  flown  in  wayward  visions, 

In  memoiies  of  the  dead — 
In  shadows  from  a  troubled  heart, 

O'er  the  sunny  pathway  shed  ; 
In  brief  and  sudden  strivings, 
To  fling  a  weight  aside — 

Midst  these  thy  melodies  have  ceased, 

And  all  thy  roses  died. 
But  oh!  thou  gentle  Summer! 
If  I  greet  thv  flowers  once  more, 


ness,  together  witn  inat.ol  her  children,  'ibis 
should  be  her  i>ole  aim,  the  theatre  of  her  exploiu- 
Ln  the  bosom  of  her  family,  where  sho  may  do  as 
much  in  makinff  a  fortune,  as  he  possibly  car.  do 
in  th*  counting  house  or  workshop.  It  is  not  the 
money  earned  that  makes  a  man  wealthy ;  it  is 
what  is  sav*  d  from  his  earnings.  A  good  and  pru 
dent  husband  maki.s  deposites  of  the  fruits  of  his 
I  labor  witu  his  best  friend  ;  and  if  that  friend  be  no 
I true  to  him,  what  has  he  to  hope)  A  wrTe  acu- 
not  for  herself  only,  hut  she  is  the  agent  of  many 
ishe  love*.  And  she  is  bound  to  act  far  their  good; 
(and  not  for  her  own  gratification.    Her  husband's  j 

ood,  is  the  end  at  which  she  should  aim  ;  his  ap 
probation  is  her  reward.  Self  gratification  in 
dress,  or  indulgence  in  appetite,  be  more  company 
than  his  purse  can  entertain,  are  equally  perm 
cious.  Tho  first  adds  vanity  to  ex;rava-auce  ; 
the  second  fastens  a  doctor's  bill  to  a  long  butcher's 
account,  and  the  latter  brings  intemperance,  the 
worst  of  all  evils,  in  its  train. 

RECIPES. 

To  take  out  iron  moulds. — Hold  the  iron 
moulds  over  the  fumes  of  boiling  water  for  some 
time,  then  pour  on  the  spot  a  iittle  juice  of  sorrel 
and  a  little  salt,  and  when  the  cloth  has  thorough- 
ly imbibed  tho  juice,  wash  it  out  in  ley. 

To  remove  grease  and  oil  spots  from  Silk  and 
other  articles. — Put  a  small  portion  of  the  yolk 
of  an  egg  on  the  spot  of  grease  ;  then  put  over 
tho  egg  a  pieco  of  white  linen  ;  wet  the  linen  in 
boiling  water,  and  keep  rubbing  it  with  the  hand. 
This  process,  repeated  three  «r  four  times,  will, 
in  almost  all  uuses,  remove  the  grease. 

Paste  for  chapped  hands. — Wash  a  quarter  of 
a  pound  ef  unsalted  lard — first  in  common,  then 
in  roso  water — mix  with  yolks  of  two  new-laid 
eggs  and  a  large  spoonful  of  honey.  Add  as 
much  fine  oatmeal,  or  almond  paste,  as  wil> 
work  it  into  paste. 

To  remove  spots  of  Ink  from  Linen. — Take 
a  mould  candle  or  some  very  pure  tallow,  mel 
and  dip  the  spotted  part  of  linen  in  the  melted 
tallow,  then  put  it  into  the  wash,  when  it  wil 
become  perfectly  white.    This  given  from  expe 


Glass  vessels  may  be  cut  in  two,  by  tying 
around  them,  at  the  place  you  wish  to  divide,  a 
worsted  thread  dipped  in  spirits  f  turpentine, 
aud  then  setting  fire  to  the  threaa. 

Preserving  Jlpples  -  Dr.  T.  Cooper,  in  the 
Domestic  Encyclopedia,  says  that  apples  may  be 
preserved  by  putting  a  laycrof  dried  fern,  [brakes^ 
alternately  in  a  basket  or  box  (the  latter  is  con- 
sidered best,  as  it  admits  less  air)  and  cover  them 
closely.  The  advantage  of  fern  in  preference  to 
straw,  is,  that  it  does  not  impart  a  musty  taste 


1837.      Ninth  Mottrn.  fiftETE>fBEft,  hf-gin*  oft  Frith]. 


I    How  quick  the  transition  from  Hummer's  scorching  hent  to  the  rude  tad  faded  glory  of  autumn  ■ 
,  A  few  months  since,  and  Iho  joyful  carol  of  the  first  bird  of  spring  saluied  our  ears  :  the  pearly 
dew  was  sparkling  in  the  sunshine  isf  mi  April  morning,  and  the  air  was  perfumed  with  the  fro. 
granco  of  rlowcrs.    To  these  succeeded  the  maturing  heat  of  a  meridian  sun  ,  and  now  the  strength 
ol  nature  is  spent  ;  the  sun  is  grudunlly  wi  hdru  wing  his  vivifying  rays,  and  the  chill  bla»t  is  sue  ' 
ceedad  by  inactivity,  torpor  and  death     The  rapidly  shortening  day^  the  fast  declining  s.  n,  the; 
changing  many  colored  woods,  and  I  lie  faded  und  falling  leaves,  arc  ill  calculated  loproduce  uu 
pressions  of  scnoi.sness  and  eolcmmty.    This  is  also  the  season  of  fruition  ,  others  are  pines  ol' 
hope  und  anxiety  ;  hut  now  the  large  wish  is  satisfied;  the  granaries  are  loaded  wiih  the  mu 
of  life,  and  all  the  annual  bounties  of  naturo  are  bestowed  upon  man. 

1  D  First  Qutir.  'iTliirs.  7th,  6.  lb.  e.    s.  Hark,  a  sound  like  distant  thunder  ! 
iO  Full  Moon,  Than.  14th,  8.  37.  m.  n.w.I    Murd'rer,  may  thy  malice  fail  ! 
d  Last  Quur.  Thurs.  21st,  11.  5.  m.  w.  |Torn  from  all  tliey  love  asunder, 
%  New  Moon,  Fri.  2Llth,   3.  12.  e.  s.wj     Widow'd  birds  around  us  w;nl 


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Sept.  19,  1730.  Treniountain  named  Boston.  Sept.  13,  1759.    Generals  Wolfe  audi 

|  Malcolm  slain  at  the  Battle  of  Quebec.       Sept.  21,  1832.  Sir  Walter  Scott  died  at  Abbotsford.J 
Sept.  20,  1834.   Tremendous  Hurricane  in  Dominica,  West  Indies. 


1st  Fall  Month,  SEPTEMBER,  has  30  days.  1837. 


The  harvest  is  past  .*  the  summer  is  ended.  Jer.  viii  20.  There  is  in  the  decaying  year 
something  which  asvaken9  the  most  tender  and  touching  feelings  of  our  nature — which  takes  ou1 
thoughts  ironi  earth,  and  leads  them  to  heaven.  Autumn  will  teach  the  reflecting  and  coutem 
plative  mind,  by  the  association  which  it  inspires,  and  the  recollection*  which  it  awakens,  "what 
shadows  we  are,  and  whatshadowg  we  pursue."  And  there  is  this  "saddening  in  the  Autumn 
leaf,"  that  it  feelingly  reminds  us  that  our  friends  and  companions  who  have  departed,  will  return 
no  more  ! — uulike  the  dying  leaf,  which,  when  the  spring  shall  again  breathe  around  us  the  airs  of 
awakening  nature,  will  be  succeeded  by  the  same  foliage.  il  But  man  dieth  and  wasteth  away — 
man  giveih  up  tho  ghost ;  and  whore  is  he  ?  As  the  waters  fail  from  tha  sea,  as  the  flood  decayeth 
and  drieth  up,  so  man  licth  down  and  riseth  not ;  until  the  heavens  be  no  more,  he  shall  not  awake, 
nor  be  raised  out  of  his  sleep  ;  Am  breath  gocth  forth,  and  on  that  very  day  hip  thoughts  perish  " 


3ring  me  again  thy  buoyancy 
Wherewith  my  soul  should  soar. 

Give  me  to  hail  i  hy  sunshine, 
With  songs  and  spirit  free  ; 

Or  in  a  purer  air  than  this 
May  that  next  meeting  be  ! 


We  all  do  fade  as  a  leaf.    Isa.  heir.  6. 
That  life  is  a  leaf  many  sages  agree — 
I A  season  of  trial,  temptation  and  pain; 


Cure  for  a  Gangrene  or  Mortified  Wound. — 
Make  a  strong  decoction  of  white  oak  bark, 
thicken  it  with  pounded  charcoal  and  Indian 
meal ;  app;y  a  poultice  of  this  composition  to  the 
part  affected. 


An  excellent  cure  for  a  Sprain. — Take  two 

pieces  of  red  flannel,  soak  one  of  them  with  beef 
or  pork  pickle  (beef  is  bast)  and  place  it  on  the 
wrisi  or  ancle  sprained,  wrap  the  other  piece  over 
It  shrivels,  grows  yellow,thon  drops  from  the  tree,  it,  and  the  pain  will  iubs.do  in  a  very  short  time. 
And  ne'er  is  united  to  flourish  agHin.  — 
Then  why,  oh  fond  mortal '.  indulge  in  a  dream,  j  .       ,  .      _  _ 

Of  lif  •  lengthened  out  to  a  far  .listant  day  ?        L  ?Un  °f  Sticking  Peas.-Procure  a  num- 

How  lovely  soever  thy  summer  may  seem,  ,b,er  <*  slim  pole*  *'»out  five  feet  long,  and  drive 

Deathlike  a  cold  ulast  sweep*  the  landscape  away  ?iem  "vo  the  ground  at  the  distance  of  three  or, 
.  four  yards.    Pass  a  small  line  along  the  poles, . 

There  is  not  a  bud  on  this  gay  rolling  ball,  taking  a  turn  round  each,  within  three  inches  ofj 

That  forms  the  fair  Eden  of  fashion  and  pride  ;  the  ground  :  raise  the  next  turn  three  inches,  and 
There  i»  not  a  leaf,  nor  a  spng  on  the  wall  |go  on  jn  succession,  till  you  bave  attained  the! 
Of  Folly's  gay  temple,  but  shall  be  destroy™! ;  {common  height  to  which  peas  rise.  The  tendrils 
The  schema*  of  ambition,  wit,  pleasure  and  mirth  0f  the  peas  seize  and  twist  round  these  lines,  and 
Ml  pensb  like  leaves  on  a  sap-drained  bough,—  tj,e-  are  ^ported  in  a  more  attractive  and  pro-! 
They  fall  like  an  autumn,  and  cover  the  earth,  finable  maiuer  than  they  are  hy  the  common  i 
Or  vanish  in  ether  a*  silvery  dew  !  (stakes.    When  spread  regularly  along  the  lines, 

U  was  thus  as  the  leaves  were  successively  hurl'd  'hey  h*ve  a  fin.  circulation  of  air,  more  advan-j 
3y  the  cold  sweeping  gale  on  the  green  sward  l»*e.  from  E.         '  antl  P"U9  tcan  b«  Pu"ed  a'i 
beneath  all  times  without  injuring  the  straw.— iccta/wan 

f  thought  on  the  millions  that  people  the  world,ilJM***ur*r*"> 
Like  leaves  in  the  forest  predestined  to  death  ; 


I  wept  as  I  glanc'd  in  the  >  ye  of  the  mind, 
Over  all  that  are  living,  and  all  that  are  not ; 
Ah  !  why  are  immortals  so  errkig  and  blind, 
Whose  life  is  a  leaf— a  sopulchre  their  lot  ? 
Hew  many  were  flourishing,  cheerful  and  gay, 

The  pride  ofthe  senate,  the  bar,  the  parade,        |tit   js  greatly  increased.  The  water  is  not  so  earlv 
Last  spring— but  ©hill  autumn  hath  swept  them  driven  off  or  evaporated  in  the  baking.  Thns 
mi      iRrW-ay'i    ec        j  *  a        i      _  —  .        made,  there  is  a  saving  of  meal,  and  a  greater  re- 
Thus  lift  is  a  leaf,  formed  to  flourish  and  fade  !     tontioll  of  raoisture.-(M*art0  Republican. 
Yet  blow  on,  rough  Boroas,  and  wither  and 
blight 


Bread. — Indian  meal  improves,  in  the  estimation 
<  f  almost  every  one,  tho  flavor  of  bread.  1  first 
boil  my  meal,  instead  of  simply  pouring  boiling 
water  on  it  when  mixed  with  fl  ur.  Owing  to 
the  consolidation  of  the  water  by  boiling, the  quan 


The  pious  and  holy  have  nothing  to  dread  ; 
No  roses  e'er  fade  in  the  landscape  of  light! 
No  trees  their  green  foliage  evermore  shed  ! 
Cease,  mortals,  to  doat  on  this  shadow  of  life! 
"All  flesh  is  but  grass,"  all  its  glory  a  leaf!  j 
Bach  gust  shakes  the  tree,  evory  season  is  rife 
With  blight,  sickness,  dying,  surpassing  belief;  | 
Reflect  on  the  seasons,  ihou  child  of  a  day  !  | 

Brief  emblems  of  youth,  beauty,  pleasure  and,mu8t  take  nine  pounds  of  fine  salt,  two  pounds  ol 
wealth.        *  saltpetre,  one  gallon  of  molasses,  half  a  gallon  of 

'water  ;  this  you  must  boil,  and  when  cold,  pour 
it  upon  your  hams  ;  lot  them  lie  in  it  about  three 
weeks. 


To  Preserve  Beef. — Take  sixteen  gallons  of 
water,  three  and  a  half  pounds  of  brown  sugar,' 
quarter  of  a  pound  of  saltpetre,  nine  pounds  ol 
coarse  salt ;  boi!  and  skim  them  until  there  is  no 
appearance  of  scum  left ;  this  is  oalculated  for  one 
hundred  pounds  of  beef.  # 

To  Onrt  Hants. — For  nine  common  hams,  you 


Remember  thy  autumn  in  flowery  May  ! 
For  winter  prepare  in  the  spring  time  of  health  ! 

Let  truth,  faith,  an  A  virtuo.  embellish  thy  prime, 
Nor  wait  to  be  good  for  the  wrinkles  of  age ; 
Redeem  every  hour,  seize  the  forelock  of  time  ! 
And  write  thy  resolves  on  his  earliest  page  ; 
Then  hope,  (though  November  may  ravage  the 

™„  grovo' 

Till  naked  and  leafless  the  forests  appear) 
For  an  amaranth  bloom  in  the  regions  of  love  ; 
|  Asummer,  encircling  eternity's  year! 


The  Knickerbocker  Pickle. — For  one  hundred 
pounds  of  beef,  ham,  or  pork,  take  nine  pounds  of 
coarse  salt,  three  pounds  of  brown  sugar,  quarter 
of  a  pound  of  saltpetre,  half  a  gallon  of  moiasses. 
kwo  ounces  of"  nutmegs  ;  theae  boil  and  skim  until 
there  is  uo  scum  appears  ;  then  set  it  to  cuol ;  when 
I  cool,  pour  it  on  your  moat. 


1837.        Tenth  Month,  OCTOBER,  begin*  nn  Sunday. 


The-  groves  BOW  lost)  their  leufy  booori  ;  but  before  lliey  are  entirely  mriiisliud  an  lid  vcntitious 
beiiuty  arising  from  ilial  gradual  decay  which  loosens  '.lie  withering  leaf,  gilds  thfl  siutumnul 
landscape  witli  a  temporary  splendor  superior  to  tbe  verdure  of  spring  or  tl.e  luxuriance  of  cummer 
American  trees  and  shrubs  in  general  are  remarkuble  for  the  rich  tioU  ol  red.  purple  orc-veublut 
whiefa  their  leaves  assume  belore  they  fall.  Hence  the  autumnal  foliugc  of  the  woods  of  jNorth 
America,  is  beyond  all  imagination  rich  ami  splendid,  and  offers  a  pleasing  hpectaclu  to  tlie  eye 
of  the  admirers  of  Nature's  varie.i  beauties,  and  gives  to  tlin  philosopher  and  moralist  a  subject  for 
the  deepest  reflection.    " Like  LKavks  on  trees  the  race  <i/m*n  i$  f,>und 

D  First  Quar.  Sat.  7th,  '2.  29.  in 
O  Full  Moon,  Fri.  13th,  6.  33.  o. 
d  Last  Qwr.  Sat.  21st,  5.  14.  m 
Q  New  Moon,  Bund  29th,  6.  59.  nn 


i.  n.w.  Now  Pomona  pours  her  treasure, 
B.      Leaves  AtTTl'MNi  l  strew  the  ground 
s.   Plenty  crowns  the  market  nieauure, 
E.  I     While  the  mill  rurm  briskly  round 


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Holy  Deyt,  Aspects,  Tides, 
Weathor,  tec. 


19th  Sun.  at'.  Trinity 
4  ?  D  b  &  ?  .  Plea- 
[sunt  for  the  season. 

i  oi  l  winter  hiiiini  on, 
Pail  MWn  bail  hn  crmp  ; 

Inf.  d  5        A  storm. 

Wet p»  o»er  all  her  beamies  t°"r< 
Awi  light  iheb  jloms  pan. 
So,  Hfc,  ihy  sniumtr  M»M  will  end  ; 
Thine  autUIBU,   too,  will  qui.:k 
decay, 

5?TriSf  j  Low  Tides 

And  m  iuitr  roinc,  when  thou  shal 
hend 

6  i  V.  Aid.  ri. 8. 20 
I  Perigee.  ^2££g 

(but  a  |>leas*ni  nun 
Wuhiu  ilic  tomb  to  SMHaU  away. 

D  eclipsed,  visible. 
High  Tides. 
V<?%&.\      6  D7*s. 

Mill  SBflssMV  will  return, 
In  all  hrr  beauuei  drested  *, 
N"»lurt  shall  >el  rrjoice  Again, 
Aod  t»  h»  man  c«rei.»'<- 
Bui  ah  !  life's  »nuiin'r  paaied  away 
'"an  ut»rr,  nrrer  nope  return  I 
Cold  wiuUr  coinei,  wiih  shsfrl— 
To  beam  up«i.  ill  Jreiry  urn  !  [ray 
Then  may  we  daily  tttk 
A  mansion  in  ihe  >kira, 

\t  greatest  elong.  W, 


1)  Apogee.  Storm. 

A  K  U  i  Thicker  clothing 
□    *r    •  •  f  becomes  neoeaaary. 

>\  here  summers  ne>er  cease, 

And  •  lory  never  die*  : 

There  an  sternalSprine  shall  Idaam; 

With  joys  as  va.l  asaugtis'  powera! 

6  V  b.Y'dL.r.9.10. 

And  thrice  ten  thousand  harps  in  tune 
Sua!  praU*  the  lore  thai  ma  .«  it  ours 

a^Trmi    &  eel  i  p.  ID  vis. 

HighTides.  6  h  D  ■ 
j  D  $  .  Fine  weather. 


D.ID.le. 

1|11  38 
Hill  10 
21110  44' 


TwirtlOr.a 
4  40  8  12  30 

4  54  8  13  6 

5  8  7  1344 


?r.a|4r.a|  ,?r.a|7* 

14  43  10  38(14  48  3 

15  31  10  45115  16  2 

16  21  10  52  15  45  1 


so  1  so'  ii»o  I  so|  i   P.  i'  pi.      |    Decl.  I  9  |4'  < 

7,2  3  9  55  2  8:i0  20T88  5,  4  10  51  S  IT  10  1  ii 
32  2  12'9  23  1  56  13  12!l(J7  SBilO1  9  9  S  20  9  19 
55  2  22  8  51 1 1  46  15  17  207  54  15  25  33  N  23  f  8  20 


Oct.  21,  1805.  Celebrated  victorv  of  the  Britisli  fleet  over  the  combined  fleets  of  France 
and  Spain.  In  the  action,  Lord  Nelson,  the  commander  of  the  British  fleet,  was  killed  by  a 
musket  ball  from  the  enemy,  just  as  victory  decided  in  his  favor.  This  engagement,  the 
most  terrible  naval  battle  on  record,  took  place  off  Cape  Trafalgar,  near  the  Straits  of  Gibraltar. 


2d  Fall  Month,  OCTOBER,  has  31  days. 


1837. 


We  all  do  fade  as  a  leaf !  Isa.  lxiv.  6.  Homer,  the  venerable  lather  oi  puetry,  has  deduced 
from  the  succession  of  springing  and  tailing  leaves  a  very  apposite  comparison  for  the  transitory! 

aerations  of  man.    "Like  leaves  on  trees  the-race  of  man  is  tound  ;  now  green  in  youth,  now; 
withering  on  the  ground,"  tec.    How  does  every  thing  around  us  bring  its  les:on  co  our  minds  l\ 
ATWRt  is  the  great  book  of  God.  In  every  page  is  instruction  to  those  who  will  read.  Mortality 
...ust  claim  its  due.    Death  in  various  shapes  hovers  round  us.    We  see  that  all  thiugs  below 
come  to  an  eud.    And  let  them  perish  !  let  all  that  is  splendid  in  the  skies  expire,  and  all  that  is 
amiable  in  nature  be  expunged.    Let  the  whole  extent  of  creation  be  turned  again  into  one 
ir-tinguisbable  void  ;  one  universal  blank.    Yet,  if  God  b*  ours,  we  shall  have  all  and  abound  ; 
insufficient  to  make  us  happy,  not  only  through  this  little  interval  of  time,  but  through  the 
mneasurable  revolutious  ot  eternity.    Here  is  our  refuge,  this  m  our  consolation  :  4>  Wt  know 
that  our  RtDttHLR  UvUli." 

'  Table  Beer. —  lake  one  peck  good  mall,  one 
;pouiiij  of  hop*,  put  tlum  in  twenty  gallons  of 
jwau?r,  and  boil  for  half  an  hour;  then  run  iheni 
into  an  hair  sieve  ?r  any  thing  else,  only  so  to 
keep  back  the  hope  and  the  mall  lVoin  the  won, 
which  when  cooled  down,  add  to  them  two  srallons 


Smiling  Summer  '.  fare  thee  well, 

When  thy  mantle  bound  us, 
Soft  contentment  shed  a  spell 

Full  of  liglu  around  us. 
Now  that  spell  is  broke  and  gone, 

With  the  garb  of  gladness, 
And  the  blast  comes  leading  on 

Darker  shades  of sadness 
Every  wreath  that  summer  brings, 

From  her  chaplet  shaken, 
Cooling  shades  and  cheering  springs, 
Silent,  and  forsaken  ;— 

Who  can  welcome  to  the  heart, 

Every  noisy  folly ; 
When  the  very  rocks  impart 

Tale3  zo  melancholy  ? 
Winds  with  leaves  of  every  hue 

Strew  i  he  vale  before  them, 
Rustling  many  a  sad  adieu, 

To  the  boughs  that  bore  them. 
Naked  now  the  oaks  must  bear 

Every  blast  that  shakes  them, 
Till  the  hand  of  spring  repair 

All  which  now  forsakes  them. 


Splendour  is  on  the  bough  ! 

The  withering  luaves  fall  fast ; — 
Yet  wilder  beauty  crowns  the  forest  now, 

Than  through  the  summer  past. 
A  more  resplendent  blaze 

Of  rich  aud  radiant  hues, 
Gleams  through  the  autumn  haze, 

Than  'mid  the  summer  dews. 
So  is  it  Nature  loves 

In  all  ber  power  to  part ; 
So  with  her  passing  splendour  moves 

The  severing  human  heart. 
Calmly  through  pleasant  years, 

Wc  love  some  kindred  mind  ; 
But  'tis  only  through  our  parting  tears, 

Its  full  delights  we  find. 
Then,  how  in  form  and  face, 

In  every  act  and  tone, 
Beam  forth  the  tend  mess  and  grace 

That  melt  us,  and  are  flown  1 


THE  FALLEN  LEAVE3. 

By  Hon    Mr*.  Si 
We  stand  among  the  fallen  leaves, 

Young  children  at  our  play — 
And  laugh  to  see  the  yellow  things 

Go  rustUng  on  their  way ; 
Right  merrily  we  hunt  them  down, 

The  autumn  winds  and  wc  ; 
Nor  pause  to  gaze  where  snow-drifbj  lie, 

<  »r  sunbeams  gild  the  tree. 
With  dancing  feet  we  leap  along 

Where  wither'd  boughs  are  strown, 
Nor  past  nor  future  checks  our  song — 
The  present  is  our  own. 


of  molasses,  with  one  pint  ol  good  aU  yeast ;  mix 
these  with  your  wort,  and  put  the  whole  ii 
clean  barrel,  and  fill  it  up  with  cold  water  within 
four  inches  of  ine  bung  hole  ;  (this  space  is  requi 
site  to  leave  room  for  fermentation,)  bung  down 
ught,and  in  a  fortnight  afterwards  it  ma"  be  drawn 

for  use.   

On  the  Usr  of  Ice. —  In  this  highly  favored 
'country  of  ours,  the  skilful  and  economical  far 
!mer,  of  industrious  habits,  may  have  all  the  con 
iveniences,  us  well  as  all  the  necessaries  of  life. 
More  independent  than  the  Nabobs  of  India,  he 
lives  upon  the  produce  of  his  own  farm  ;  he  has 
Jfor  driuk,  a  luxurious  beverage  from  his  own 
orchard,  or  cooling  draughts   from  his  own 
(springs.    But  at  this  season  of  the  year,  (July,) 
Ithe  sweets  of  good  living  are  very  much  improv 
'ed  by  the  use  of  ick;  an  article  which  every 
farmer  may  collect,  and  preserve  at  a  small  ex 
pense,  since  it  is  one  of  the  free  bounties  of  na 
ture.    He  must,  it  is  true,  make  a  store-house  of 
different  construction  from  that  in  which  he 
deposits  the  other  produce  of  his  farm  ;  but  the 
cost  is  trifling,  and  the  advantages  great  An 
ici-HousK,  sulficicnt  to  store  and  retain  ice  for 
two  or  three  families,  may  be  wholly  made,  by 
the  joint  labor  of  two  men,  in  one  week.  Every 
farmer  throughout  the  summer,  is  daily  in  want 
of  ice.    Milk,  cheese,  and  butter  are  all  very 
much  improved  by  it ;  the  latter  in  a  particular 
manner,  whether  intended  for  market  or  family 
use,  is  nearly  doubled  in  value  by  the  aid  of  ice 
Meat  and  other  provision*,  in  warm  weather 
may  be  preserved  more  than  double  the  time  i 
an  ice  house,  than  they  can  be  in  a  common 
cellar.    Besides  tln.se  and  many  other  uses  to 
which  every  good  housewife  wii  appiv  the  ice 
he  laborers  in  the  field  are  much  invigorated  by 
t ;  in  all  their  drink  it  is  extremely  healthy  and 
plea-ant ;  restores  a  salutary  toue  to  the  stomach 
debilitated  by  heat  and  exercise,  and  makes 
unnecessary  to  swallow  such  large  quantities  of 
drink  as  might  otherwise  be  desired  ;  for  the 
mouth  and  stomach  require  to  be  cooled  as  well 
as  moistened ;  so  that  in  this,  as  well  as  in  man 
other  cases,  our  health  is  benefitted  by  a  reason 
able  indulgence  of  our  appetites .    But  some  w 
say  that  ice  in  the  summer  is  a  luzuri/,  and  tha 
common  farm  rs  can  do  very  well  without  iu  W 
admit  that  they  can  dispense  with  this,  and  man 
other  good  things,  but  we  can  see  no  good  rea 
•on  why  they  should  do  so.    Melons,  cucumber 
&.c.  which  we  raise  with  so  much  care  and  lat>0r 
are  not  more  pleasant  or  useful  than  ice  in  the 
hot  season  of  the  year;  and  we  trust.  l»~forel 
many  years,  the  good  sense  of  our  faim  wil 
make  it  common  in  all  their  families. 


ls.37.     Eleventh  Mouth,  NOVEMBER,  begins  on  JlWnwhty. 


Although  thin  is  usually  a  dull  and  cheer  cm  month,  yet  there  arc  intervale  of  clear  and  pteaMM 
weather  ;  the  mornings  are  occasionally  sharp,  but  the  hoar  froit  i«  soon  diariMtsd  l.y  the  sun, 
and  a  fine  open  day  follows.  There  is  a  soothing  mildness  in  the  last  M  Knfenag  looks  '  of  Au- 
tumn, peculiarly  grateful  to  the  frelu.-g*,  and  possessing  a  melancholy  but  piuuhing  influence.  The 
fields  and  enclosures  arc  cleared  of  their  harvest  treasure,  and  vegetation  is  every  whcic  pausing 
rapidly  into  decay.  Surrounded  as  it  is  by  the  ruins  of  the  year,  November  may  be  Hid  to  be 
peculiarly  devoted  to  contemplation.  Deep  and  interesting  impressions  are  borne  home  upon  the 
heart,  in  every  breath  that  soothes,  in  every  twain  that  gilds,  and  in  every  variety  of  coloring  that 
adorns,  as  well  as  in  the  rude  and  wintry  'ola-U  that  ictthcr  the  landscape. 


J)  First  Quar.  Sund.  5th,  (J.  43.  in.  n.e.  Now  the  giddy  rights  of  Cum  us, 
3  Full  Moon,  Sand.  12th,  (>.  50.  m.  w.  |    Crown  the  hunter's  clear  delight ; 
d  Last  Quar.  Mond.  20th,  L  52.  in.  s.E.'Ah  !  the  year  is  flitting  from  us, 
0\ew  Moon,  Mond.  27th,  8.    (i.  e.   n.e.,    Bleak  the  day  and  drear  the  night 

Holy  Dnys,  Afw>ct>,  'i wet, 

Weather.  Ate. 


!  M.&VV 
davs. 


t>un 
rises. 


1  W  6  52 

2  T  6  53 

3  F  6  54 

4  S  6  55  5 

5  A  6  56 
G  M6  57 
7  T  6  59 


8  W  7 

9  T  7 
10  F  7 
US  7 
12  A  7 


0 
1 

2  4  58 
4  57 
4  4  56 


13  M 


7  5 


14  T 

15  \V 

16  T 
!17  F 

18  S 

19  A 

20  M 

21  T 

22  AY 

23  T 

24  F 

25  S  \ 

26  A!7  17 

27  M|7  18 

28  T  17  19 


29  W7  19  4  41 


30  T<7  20 


Hun 
sets. 


8 
7 
6 
5 
4 
3 
1 
0 
69 


1  55 

6  4  54 

7  4  53 

8  4  52 
1  51 
4  50 
4  49 
4  4S 


13  4  47 


4  46 
4  45 
16  4  44 
16  4  44 
4  43 
4  42 
4  41 


4  40 


Moon 
sets. 

~1  7 

8  6 

9  14 

10  30 

11  47 
morn. 

1  6 

2  2C 

3  35 

4  47 

5  59 
rises. 

5  35 

6  17 

7  IS 

8  12 

9  14 

10  16 

11  20 
morn 

0  22 

1  2k 

2  2  '2 

3  24 

4  2£ 

5  37 
sets. 

4  57 

5  54 
7  1 


Moon 
south. 

~2~47 

3  4  7 

4  49 

5  49 

6  44 

7  3^> 

8  30 

9  18 
10  6 

10  52 

11  42 
morn. 

0  35 

1  29 

2  23 

3  lb 


8  33 

9  14 
9  5& 

10  44 

11  36 
aft.  32 

1  36 

2  3£ 


Hijch 
water. 

nr  37 

11  24 
ift.  17 

1  24 

2  3s 
4  6 


Sun's 
decl. 

14  29 

14  48 

15  7 
15  25 

15  44 

16  2 


5  20 16  20 

6  16  16  37 


16  54 

17  11 


17  28; 
17  4i 


7  4 

7  41 

8  21 

9  1 
9  40|l8  1 

10  22  18  16 

11  518  32 
11  53  18  47 
morn.  19  2 

0  4 1 1 1 9  16 

1  31 19  30 

2  25 19  44 

3  24|19  57 

4  30  20  11 

5  27|20  23 

6  13  20  36 

6  59  20  47 

7  37i20  59 

8  16^1  10 

8  58-21  21 

9  44  21  31 
10  30  21  4! 


6  ?  D  .8in.rU  1.14. 

Stern  winIT  it  eortiinc — his  nfni- 
ceahrar,         [km  him  i>»r- 

Ther  brraih*  in  the  r;al».  und  beto- 

Me  tvtnrt  irom  biMden,lr"in  trit-u.rl 
drear)  narih,       jtilleiy  forth : 

Whence  heSrngaall  his  ■  ormy  nr 

Tr^l  Pleasant. 
Rath,  low  Tides.  <£  D 

>  Perigee.  \t»SZZ? 


lie  will  pour  on  the  lull,  on  iIk 

plain,  and  the  r«lt, 
l°he  mow  and  ih*  iteel,  anil  the  rair 
and  ili<  hail;     [suetM  and  atil!. 
Che  MDssjsa  at  iiii  bWsttssj  sfaniW 
Vnd  he  huihca  the  voice  of  ihe  Mr- 
muring  rill- 

bss  \  6 » 7*8.  e  h 

High  Tides,  tfsta. 

Kre  Ion*  will  the  broad  flesty  man- 
tle ot  w  hile,  |<!elight  ; 
Knvelope  the  scenei  of  the  »'.;..  :..n  ■ 
The  tree  will  on  hoaxy  bcoeatl 
iu  thick  (bower,  (bower 
And  orer  the  b.unlet  and  o»«  tb. 

6  S  h  .Y'dL.r.8.15. 

Il  will  rpreacl  the  pale  lirery  which 
tells  1  hat  the  reign 

;?:hSI  Colder. 
D  Apogee.  \S£?Lu 
YerylowTid.d  5  2f. 

^  Of  that  tyrant,  eld  Winter,  sp- 
"J(         pr:>ache«  again, 

;  Wiib  the  bush  where  the  rosea  bio.- 
—        some)  in  June, 

Sup.  6   »  0.        ^*ot  uu' 

[pleasant  for  the  season. 

illu*he<l  deep  in  lh»  gate  of  ihe  tun- 
beam  at  noon. 

(j  5  D.  $  Aphelion 
High  Tides.  6  t  V'. 
St.  Andrew. 


LJ.  u.  le.  i'wil't;  ^  r.ai  *  r.a.i  ^r.a  cr.a 
lilO  16  0  20  7|14  2o'l7  18ll0  59  10  18 
11  9  54  5  29  7115  6  1810  11  5  16  50 
211  9  3415  37  7  15  47119   111110  1722 


7*  so  9  so  j  -,so|  6  *ol  o  P  '  -l,        IvM  1)  Uecl .'  *  !2j 
1  12  2  36'S  14|  1  36  16  16  218  53  20  26  5S  S  25   B  22 
0  36  2  48:7  41  1  28;  15  47  228  56  24  14  54  >'  26    7  £\ 

11502    0,7    6  1  21  13  551239   1  28  10  OX'25   7  24 


Nof.  SO,  1811.  A  volcano  burst  out  from  an  unfathomable  depth  of  the  ocea*:,  near  i-hf- 
Lsland  of  St.  Michaels,  one  of  the  Azores.  It  burned  with  great  violence  for  several  months, 
and  formed  an  island  of  considerable  height,  more  than  a  mile  in  circumference.  This  island 
which  was  named  Sabrina,  has  since  disappeared. 


3d  Fall  Month,  NOVEMBER,  has  30  days. 


183?, 


I  The  grass  withereth,  the  klowkk  fadeth.  Isa.  xl.  7.  Yes,  ye  flowery  nations,  and  vegetable 
tribes,  ye  must  all  decay  :  Winter,  like  some  enraged  and  irresistible  conqueror,  that  carries 
'fire  and  sword  wherever  he  advances — that  demolishes  towns,  depopulaies  countries,  spreads 
slaughter  and  desolation  on  every  side — so,  just  so  doe*  Winter,  with  his  6avage  and  unrelenting 
[blasts,  invade  the  verdarrt  prospect.  The  gathering  storms  and  tempests,  mustering  their  rage,  fall 
upon  the  vegetable  kingdoms  and  ravage  through  the  dominions  of  nature,  plundering  and  laying 
|was:e  her  charms.  The  trees  stand  stripped  of  their  apparei,  and  the  fields  are  spoiled  of  their 
[waving  treasures.  Tiie  earih,  disrobed  of  all  her  gay  attire,  sits  in  sables  like  a  disconsolate 
(widow.  The  Sun,  too,  that  lately  rode  in  triumph  round  the  world,  scattering  gayety  from  his 
Jradianteye,  now  looks  faintly  from  the  chambers  of  the  south,  and  casting  a  short  glance  on  our 
[dejected  world,  leaves  us  to  the  uncomfortable  gloom  of  tedious  nights.  The  pretty  choristers  of 
I  the  air  chant  no  more — the  harmony  of  the  woods  is  at  an  end — the  fields  are  desolate  and  waste 
—and  silence,  unless  interrupted  bv  howling  winds,  broods  over  all  the  dismal  scene. 


We  stand  among  the  fallen  leaves 
In  youth's  enchanting  spring — 
When  Hope  (who  wearies  at  '.he  last) 

First  spreads  her  eagle  wing ; 
We  tread  with  steps  of  coimcious  strength 

Beneath  the  leafless  trees, 
And  the  colour  kindles  in  our  cheek 

As  blows  the  winter  breeze  ; 
While  gazing  towards  the  cold  gray  sky, 

Clouded  with  snow  and  rain, 
We  wish  the  old  year  all  past  by, 

And  the  young  spring  come  again. 
We  stand  among  the  fallen  leaves 
In  manhood's  haughty  prime — 
When  first  our  passing  hearts  begin 

To  love  "I he  olden  time;" 
And  as  we  gaze,  we  sigh  to  think 

How  many  a  year  hath  pass'd, 
Since  'neath  those  cold  and  faded  trees 

Our  footsteps  wandered  la6t; 
And  old  companions — now  perchance 

Estranged,  forgot,  or  dead — 
Dome  round  us,  as  those  autumn  leaves 

Are  crushed  beneath  our  tread. 
We  stand  among  the  fallen  leaves 

In  our  own  autumn  day — 
And  tottering  on  with  feeble  steps, 

Pursue  our  cheerless  way  ; 
WTe  look  not  back — too  long  ago 
j    Hath  all  we  loved  been  lost ; 
l  Nor  lorward — for  we  may  not  live 
|    To  sec  our  new  hope  crossed  ; 
i  Rut  on  we  go — the  sun's  faint  beam 
j    A  feeble  warmth  imparts — 
Childhood  without  its  joy  returns — 
The  present  fills  our  hearts! 

lie  comes !  he  comes !   the  Frost-Spirit  come: 

from  the  frozen  Labrador, 
j  From  the  icy  bridge  of  the  bi  orthern  seas  that  tin 

while  bear  wanders  o'er  ; 
\V  here  the  fisherman's  sail  is  stiff  with  ice,  an 

the  luckless  forms  below, 
In  the  sunless  cold  of  the  atmosphere  into  marbl 

statues  grow. 
.  lie  comes  !  becomes!  the  Frost-Spirit  comes,  01 

the  rushing  Northern  blast, 
And  the  dark  Norwegian  pines  have  bowed  as  hi; 

icy  breath  went  past ; 
With  an  unscorched  wing  he  hath  hurried  01, 

where  the  fires  of  Hecla  glow, 
<  »n  the  darkly  beautiful  sky  above,and  the  ancient 

ice  below. 

He  comes!  he  comos  !  the  Frost-Spirit  comes, 

and  the  dimpled  lake  shai]  feel, 
1  ho  torpid  touch  of  his  glazing  breath,  and  ring 

to  tho  skater's  heel ; 
And  the  streams  thai  danced  on  the  broken  rocks, 

or  sang  to  tVe  leaning  grass, 
Shall  bow  again  to  their  winter  chain,  and  in 

mournful  silence  pass. 


The  long  cheerful  winter  evenings  are  ap~ 
proaching.  These  constitute  one  rederming  trait 
in  our  cold,  varying  climate.  Our  winter  even- 
ings are  sufficient  to  reconcile  us  to  our  locality 
on  terra  firma,  so  valuable  are  they  as  the 
seasons  for  fire-side  amusements  and  intellectnal 
improvement.  What  a  pity  it  is  they  are  so 
generally  wasted.  We  have  known  many  an 
indolent  mechanic  who  would  tumble  into  bed 
by  eight  o'clock,  while  his  pains-taking  spouse 
worked  till  eleven  or  twelve;  and  many  a  far- 
mer's wife  will  work  till  midnight,  while  her 
husband  dozes  in  the  chimney  corner.  This 
dozing  is  a  bad  habit.  If  you  need  sleep,  go  to 
bed  and  have  it,  and  then  be  wide  awake  when 
you  get  up.  Don't  allow  yourself  to  snore  in  the 
corner — it  is  ill-bred  and  indolent.  A  man  who 
will  sleep  like  an  animal  while  hia  wife  is  hard 
at  work,  don't  deserve  to  have  a  wife.  Take 
a  book  or  newspaper  and  read  to  her  these  long 
winter  evenings.  It  will  be  a  mutual  benefit,  ft 
will  dissipate  much  of  the  gloom  and  inquietude 
too  often  engendered  by  care  and  hard  labor;  it 
will  make  you  more  happy,  more  useful,  and 
more  respected.  Our  farmers  are  too  apt  to  mis- 
spend these  long  evenings  in  idle  grumblings  at 
bard  times,  high  taxes,  and  modern  degeneracy. 

indiug  fault  won't  mend  the  times.  1  hey  must 
read,  improve  tliemselves,  and  educate  their 
children,  that  the  next  generation  may  be  wiser 
than  their  fathers.  Our  farmers  are  but  half 
acquainted  with  tbo  rich  resources  of  their  soil. 
Were  they  familiar  with  the  most  improved 
system  of  husbandry,  and  they  might  readily 
become  so  by  devoting  these  long  winter  even- 
ings to  the  reading  of  books  which  treat  on  this 
subject,  they  would  have  less  cause  to  complain 
of  the  times.  Some  of  the  greatest  and  best  men 
of  onr  country  were  sound  practical  farmers. 
But  they  were  not  ignorant  farmers.  They  were 
men  whom  great  emergencies  called  from  the 
seclusion  of  private  life  to  take  part  in  great 
national  affairs,  and  when  the  state  of  the  coun- 
ry  no  longer  required  the  exercise  of  their 
alents,  they  returned  again  to  the  healthful  and 
mnorable  labor  of  the  farm.  When  our  farmers 
ire  better  informed,  and  not  till  then,  may  they 
;iope  to  take  that  rank,  and  exert  that  influence 
m  society,  to  which  the  respectability  and  im- 
portance of  their  occupation  so  justly  entitle 
them.  We  again  say,  let  our  apprentices,  our 
mechanics,  our  farmers,  read — spend  their  winter) 
«veuings  in  acquiiing  knowledge,  as  the  best.' 
preservative  from  folly,  vice  and  dissipation  of 
rive.y  kind. — Portland  Courier. 


When  faith  is  strong,  and  conscience  clear, 
And  words  of  peace  the  spirit  cheer, 
And  visioned  glories  half  appear, 
'Tis  joy,  'tis  triumph  then  to  die. 


1        ■■  ,Tm;lfth  Month,  DECEMBER,  begins  on  Frirhrtj. 


•ir  win  !,,  H"  its  beauty  and  grandeur,  Ins  flown  ;  the.  vivid  and  grateful  luxuriance  of 
i  i  JJ ! .       'ff*?*  W.;  '•»««  the  variegated  hue*  and  tints  ofaobS  Am"SS£3 

bhghledby  the  blu8.,ng  breath  OfBorea*    Not  .  .OUOd  ofong.n*!  noli    £  heard  in  SjJJS 


»re  »    Minii  uolu  ol  I*,  jay  and  the  h6  ,M  eawingl  of  the  jackdaw.    Tbi  trVo-  areVho  n  of 
thetr  loltage-tne  bodge*  arc  aid  bare-the  field-  have  lo,t  the.r  a.tr  c.iou.-thr-aak/rv.Hd 
\ged  umure  Wither!  and  did.    All  her  late  gay  ncener'y  fa 
ray  the  hcmoii.  ol  /t//.-,  and  thda  MM  return  to  bu  i.ari  nt  .-nrth 


no  perfume  and  offer 
leveded  with  the  dust .  thus  pas*  aw 


O  Full  Moon,  Mon.  11th,  9.28.  e.  a  k. 
d  Last  Quar.  'l  ues.  19th,  11.  19.  e.  e. 
3  New  .Moon,  Wed,  27th.   9.36.  m.i.  e. 


Briag  more  wood,  and  w  t  the  glaniea  ; 

Jom,  my  M— fig,  our  Christ  mas  cheer  ; 
Come,  aad  catch,  and  kins  the  la^se*. 

CuHi»  r>tA8  (Mai  but  once  a  year. 


BUM 
rises. 


SUII 

sen. 


Moon 

8CU. 


-Moon 

south. 


Hifb 
water. 


duel. 

r  21 4  39!  8  16  3  sslii  lsjiTla 

7  22  4  3»|  9  34   4  30  aft.   6  22  U 

3  A  7  22  4  38  10  51    5  31  1  2  22  6 

4  Mj7  23  4  37;  mom.  6  21  2  4 

5  T  7  23  4  37|  0    7  7    9  3  17 

6  \V  7  24  4  36!  1  19|  7  57  4  32 

7  T  7  24  4  361  2  311  8  40  8  34 

8  F  7  25  4  35  3  37|  9  2s  6  26 

9  S  7  25|4  351  4  48  10  18  7  15 

10  A  7  20  1  34    5  5ti  11     9   7  57 

11  M  7  2614  34  rise*,  morn.!  S  3S 


Sun-*      J)    Holy  Dav*,  Aspects,  Tides, 
Si  Weather,  Ate. 


12  T 

13  U 

14  T 

15  F 

16  S 

17  A 

18  M 

19  T 

20  W 

|21  T 

22  F 

23  S 


7  26  4  31  4  54 

7  27  4  33  5  50 

7  27  4  33  6  51 

7  274  33  7  52 


0    3    9  17 

0  5S   9  54 

1  52  10  3S 

2  43  1  1  18 


7  27  4  33  8  55  3  30  11  57 
7  27  4  33   9  56 


7  28  i  32  10  57 
7  28  4  32  11  57 
7  28  4  32  morn. 


7  2s,4  32  0  5^ 
7  28|l  32  1  59 
7  28  4  32 1  3  3 

24  A  7  2S  4  32   4  14 

25  MJ7  27  4  33   5  40  10 

26  T  7  27  4  33   6  53  1 1 

27  \V!7  27  4  33  sets.  aft. 

28  T  17  27  4  33   5  40|  1 
2 


30 
16 


4 
4 

5 
6 
0 

7 

8  21 

9  9 


15  morn. 
56    0  30 
1  19 


56   2  59 
37   3  3 
!  4 
5 
6 
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il      That  gleam  along  the  »ky  7  [wing 

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05  I    "  Ulory  tu  Uod,  Mull  High  I" 

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j  I       A  ,nr,  who  ->h.i Jl  he 

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j        "  ne"  Zion  ahull  he  tree. 

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I'L  I    Wiihin  the  mangar  laid. 

/  Christmas. ^^.'.Ut 

;,Ainl  then  wa>  heard  iht  song  again. 
I    Alone  ike  distant  sky  j  |iucn! 
"  Pe.ice  to  ihe  worht  I  good  will  to 
rj      Glory  io  God,  Mo.l  H  igh  I" 

tfj  High  Tides.  d?5. 
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t  A  ?  [weather 
[>£  IstSun.af.Christmas. 


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j  Dec.  In  uie  year  oi  (lie  world  huu4,  1006  years  a^u,  in  tne  tetjiti  ot  Augustus  Caesar  1 
ithere  w  >s  a  universal  |ieace  among  all  nations  ot"  the  eanh.  The  glorious  epoch  arrived! 
:  The  piomise  of  God,  and  the  pr-ipiiecies  of  his  prophets,  concerning  the  Messiah,  were  ac 
eomplished.  The  glory  of  the  Lord  shone  round  nbout  !  The  star  appeared  in  the  east !  h 
I  Bethlehem,  the  wise  men,  directed  by  the  star,  witnessed  and  published  this  gloiious  event — ■ 
ithis  fulfilment  of  prophecies  in  all  ages  of  the  world. 


1st  Winter  Month,  DKCE^IBE'R,  has  31  days. 


1837. 


The  time  is  nuic  past.  Mat.  xiv  15  The  mantle  ol  obiivion  is  about  tailing  forever  upon  the  pro- 
em year.  In  the  short  and  rapid  period  which  has  swept  away  all  the  beauties  of  vegetable  nature, 
ither  changes  and  revoluions  have  spread  their  ravages  around  us.  JHow  many,  perhaps  our 
riends,  or  kindred,  have  made  their  cold  beds  in  the  grave  of  the  year.  We  survive!  how  long? 
Xo  doutn  we  dream  of  long  life  and  prosperity;  our.-.,  we  may  think,  will  be  perpetual  sunshine  ; 
the  beams  of  heaven  will  play  around  our  habitation;  and  when  the  evening  of  our  days  is  come; 
our  sun  will  go  down  in  cloudless  .-ereuity.  Pleasing  but  fafal  delusion  !  A  few  days  will  tell 
;he  talc  of  our  departure — a  few  more,  and  our  memories  will  have  perished — yet  a  few  more,  and 
the  unwary  passenger  will  tread  on  our  graves,  and  know  not  that  we  are  there.  The  current 
of  time  is  rapidlv  rolling  on— why  need  we  urge  the  headlong  torrent  ?    Our  days  are  swifter  than 

the  eagle  they  pass  away  like  the  nimble  ships  which  have  the  wind  in  their  wings,  and  skim 

along  the  waiefy  plain.    u  fVe  spend  our  years  as  a  tale  tjiat  is  told." 


le  comes!   he  comes'  the  Frost-Spirit  comes 

let  us  meet  him  as  we  may, 
And  turn  with  the  blaze  of  the  parlor  fire  hi9  evi 

step  away  :  / 
And  gather  closer  the  circle  round  W».are  that 

fire-light  flashes  high, 
And  laugh  at  the  voice  of  the  baffled  fiend  as  his 
gounding  wing  goes  by  ! 

The  bright  and  glowing sumrn^r's  past; 

'Tis  winter,  and  in  storm  and  rain 
The  day  was  darked--  now  at  last 

The  sun  appear*  again — 
Just  for  a  moment  glads  our  sight, 
\nd  seen  midst  clouds  seems  doubly  bright. 

\gain  look  upwards-  once  again 

behold  the  wintry  sun  has  3et ; 
Xone  oi  these  summer  barques  remain: 

A  nobler  image  yet 
Strikes  on  the  Christian  gazer's  mind, 
And  leaves  all  others  far  behind. 

The  sun.  whose  way  through  that  expanse 
Has  been,  since  first  his  course  beyan, 

Through  storms  and  clouds,  seer.is  to  our  glance 
A  fitting  type  of  man  ; 

For  thus  the  Chris'ian's  narrow  way 

With  clouds  is  darkened  day  by  day. 

Thus  as  the  sun  in  winter's  gloom 

Sinks  more  than  ever  bright, 
Tbo  <  hristian's  hopes  his  ways  illume, 

And  gild  his  path  with  light : 
As  the  sun  sets  the  I  hristian  dies — 
Both  on  a  brighter,  happier  day  to  rise. 

THE  DYING  YEAR. 
The  dying  year  !  the  dying  year ! 

Its  melancholy  wail 
Sighs  fitful  through  the  crowded  mart, 

And  down  the  rustic  valo  ; 
It  breath  s  of  vanished  hopes  and  fears, 

Youth's  dreams,  d  parted  r;uite  ; 
It  warns  old  age,  whose  day-spring's  tied 

Of  coming  darker  night. 
The  dying  year!  the  dying  year  ! 

How  sorrowful  we  feel, 
As  parting  from  an  ancient  friend 

He  sighs  his  last  appeal — 
Companion  on  a  weary  road  ! 

Lightcner  of  carking  care  ! 
Live  long  within  our  memories 

Forever  cherished  there  ! 
The  coining  year  !  the  coming  year  1 

It  fills  the  eye  with  tears, 
To  deem  tha>  '  tis  its  lot  to  pass, 

As  have  the  buried  years. 
That  all  those  visions  cherished  so, 

So  trusted  ;  c-ue  by  one 

Must  melt  away,  as  melts  the  snow, 
Belore  a  mid-day  sun. 


I  And  now,  friendly  reader,  as  the  present  year 
'has  nearly  fin  shed  its  destined  course,  and  is 
'about  to  be  numbered  with  those  before  the 
Iflood;  while  its  glimmering  light  yet  trembles  in 
the  socket,  and  before  it  is  forever  extinguished, 
I let  us  dedicate  a  few  moments  to  serious  medita 
tion.  Let  us  solemnly  consider  that  the  termina 
jtion  of  our  time  is  also  near  at  hand  ;  that  at  no 
[distant  period  ire,  .too,  like  the  year  we  contem- 
plate, must  resign  our  stations  aod  give  place  to 
a  new  generation.  Let  us  reflect  that  though  ice 
may  indulge  the  fond  hope  that  we  have  yet 
many  years  to  spend  here,  the  vain  wish  will  not 
ward  off  the  shafts  of  the  mighty  destroyer !— that 
though  we  may  neglect  to  obey  the  divine  com- 
jmands,  death  will  not  neglect  to  obey  the  divine 
commission  ! — that  though  ice  may  put  off  the 
work  of  repentance,  death  will  not  put  off  I  be  I 
'work  of  destruction.  The  race  of  man,  saith  a 
Jewish  writer,  is  like  the  leaves  of  the  trees. 
[The  come  forth  in  the  spring,  and  clothe  the 
,  woods  in  robes  of  green.  In  autumn  they  with- 
jer,  the  winter  wind  scatters  them  on  the  earth 
|The  wise  and  good  in  every  age.  have  felt  the 
benefit  of  seasons  of  retirement  from  the  cares 
of  the  world  to  the  consolations  of  solitary  and 
calm  re-rlec.ion.  Thus  Abraham  retired  to  the 
mountain  of  Bethel — thin  Laac  went  out  into 
the  fields  to  meditate  at  eventide — thus  Moses 
sought  communion  with  heaven  upon  the  heights 
o1  Sinai — thus  did  the  Apostles  fortify  their  faith 
and  invigorate  their  zeal— and  thas,  even,  did  th 
Saviour  seek  the  garden  of  Geihsetnan",  and 
other  solitary  scenes,  to  prepare  himself  for  the 
mighty  sacrifice  he  was  to  make  for  mankind. 
W'itii  such  illustrious  examples  before  us,  let  us 
improve  every  opportunity  to  purify  and  fortify| 
our  minds,  to  prepare  them  for  the  unavoidable 
struggles  of  life.  And  what  better  season  can 
present  itself  for  communing  with  ourselves  than 
the*  point  of  time  in  which  we  are  forcibly  ad- 
monished of  our  progress  to  the  grave — that  pointi 
of  time  in  which  one  >ear  with  sli  its  cares  and 
comforts  departs,  and  another  commences, whos< 
jdevious  and  untried  paths  we  must  travel 
jwbother  they  are  strewed  with  fragrance  and 
flowers,  or  with  thorns  and  obstructions.  To 
sum  up  all,  my  friends,  the  time  is  short — we  are 
as  guests  in  a  strange  land,  who  tarry  but  one 
night.  We  wander  up  and  down  in  a  place  of 
graves.  We  read  the  epitaphs  npoi  the  tombs' 
of  the  deceased.  We  shed  a  few  tears  over  the 
ashes  of  the  dead  :  and  in  a  little  time  we  need 
from  our  surviving  friends.  lh«  tears  we  paid  to 
the  memory  of  our  friends  departed.  Time  is 
precious  The  hours  are  at  this  moment  on  the 
wing,  which  carry  along  with  them  our  eternal 
happiness,  or  e  ernal  mUery.  The  clock  is  wound 
up,  the  hand  is  advancing,  and  in  a  little  time  it 
will  strike  our  last  hour.  The  day  of  grace  will 
soon  be  over,  and  we  shall  all  be  called  to  the 
bar  of  God. 


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IKXSCELX. 


THE  PLAGUE  IN  LONDON. 

Mr.  Thomas  Vincent  was  one  of  the 
few  ministers  who  had  the  zeal  and 
courage  to  abide  in  the  city  of  London 


the  mute  belfries  : — silence  was  univer- 
sal, save  when  some  infected  wretch 
was  seen  clamouring  at  a  window.  For 
a  time,  all  commerce  was  in  coffins  and 
shrouds  ;  but  even  that  ended.  Shrift: 


amidst  all  the  fury  of  the  pestilence,  in  th(jre  were  none  .  churches  and  chapels 
1665,  and  pursued  his  ministerial  work;were  Q  but  neither  priest  nor  peni- 
in  that  needful  but  dangerous  season entered  .  all  went  to  the  charnel 
with  all  diligence  and  integrity,  both  in  houge_  The  gexton  and  the  physician 
public  and  private.  His  account  of  the  were  ca$t  intQ  the  game  decp  and  wi(]e 
Plague,  in  his  treatise  called  "boos  the  testator  and  his  heirs  and 

terrible  voice  in  the  citv,'  ^  is  very  g^gg^tors  were  hurled  from  the  same 
affecting.  It  began,  he  says,  in  May,  cart  mto  the  game  ho]e  together.  Fireg 
and  in  the  first  week  in  July  the  num.  became  extinguished,  as  if  its  element 
ber  of  deaths  was  ,2o;  the  first  week  tQO  had  expired;— the  seams  of  the  s  i- 
m  August,  2817;  and  in  the  first  week  ,orless  shipsyavvned  to  the  sun.  Though 
in  September  the  number  of  deaths  was  doorg  were  0  and  coffefg  unwalch. 
6988  ;  and  though  in  the  second  week  ed  there  wag  no  lheft  ._all  offenceg 
the  number  decreased  to  6o44,  yet  in  ceased<  and  n0  crime5  but  the  universal 
the  third  week  it  rose  to  7135,  which  WQ  of  the  pestilencei  was  heard  of 
was  the  highest.  In  its  malignity  it  am  men<  The  we],g  overflowed> 
engrossed  the  ills  of  all  other  maladies,  &nd  conduits  ran  to  waste  .  the  d 
and  made  doctors  despicable  Of  a  po-  banded  thtimselves  together,  having  lost 
tency  equal  to  death,  it  possessed  itself  masters>  and  ran  howling  over  all 
of  all  Ins  armories,  and  was  itself  the  tfae  ]and  .  horges  perished  of  famine  in 
death  of  every  other  mortal  distemper.  their  ol(,  fnendg  bul  loooked  at 

The  touch,  yea  the  very  sight  of  the  Qne  another  when  they  met<  keeping 
infected  was  deadly  ;  and  its  signs  were  thcinselves  far  aIoof .  little  children  wcnst 
so  sudden,  that  families  seated  in  hap-  wandenng  u  and  down>  and  numberg 
piness  at  their  meals  have  seen  the  were  SM*  (]ead  in  all  corners>  Nor 
plague  spot  begin  to  redden,  and  have  wag  u  only  in  Kngland  lhat  the  j 
wildly  scattered  themselves  forever.^  ra  .  •  h  lravelled  oyer  a  th£d  * 
The  cement  of  society  was  dissolve.!  by  of  tbc  who]e  earlh?  Hke  lhe  shadow  of 
it  Mothers,  when  they  saw  the  sign  an  edi  as  if  sonie  dreadful  thing  had 
of  infection  on  the  babysat  their  bosom,  been  Jnter  osed  between  the  world  and 
cast  them  from  them  with  abhorrence  thc  sun,  the  source  of  life.  *  *  »  * 
Wild  places  were  sought  for  shelter; ;At  that  h?  for  a  ghon  u  therQ 
some  went  into  ships  and  anchored  .  &  silence>  and  T  n  in  the 
themselves  afar  off  on  the  waters.    But  for  a  moment   gtoo(]  gtin  and 

the  angel,  that  was  pouring  the  vial, ;London  was  as  dunib  as  a  ghurch-yard. 
had  a  foot  on  the  sea  as  well  as  on  tho,A  •  the  gound  of  a  beH  wag  hea;d 
dry  knd.  N  o  place  was  so  wild,  that  foJ  ft  wag  ^  gound?  gQ  ,  unheard> 
the  plague  did  not  V1sit,-none  so  secret;w]lich  arrested  the  fugitive  multitude 
that  the  quick-sighted  pestilence  did  not!fmd  caugcd  their  gllence#  At  the  third 
discover,— none  could  fly  that  it  did  notjtoll  a  universal  shout  arosg5  as  when  a 
overtake.    It  was  as  if  Heaven  had  re-  herald  proclaima  the  tidingS  of  a  great 


pented  the  making  of  mankind,  and  was 
shovelling  them  all  into  the  sepulchre. 


battle  won,  and  then  there  was  n  second 
silence.    '1  he  people  fell  on  their  knees, 


Justice  was  forgotten,  and  her  courts  and  with  anthems  Gf  thankfulness  re- 
deserted.  The  terrified  jailors  fled  from  •  iced  fa  the  disma]  gound  of  that  tolli 
the  felons  that  were  in  fetters  :- the  m.  death  bel,  .  for  it  was  a  gi  al  of  the 
nocent  and  the  guilty  leagued  them-  -  • fc  bei ngBoabated  that  men  might 
selves  together,  and  kept  within  their  M  mourn  for  their  friends>  and  M_ 
prison  for  safety,— the  grass  grew  *^ow  their  remains  with  the  solemnities 
the  market  places; — the  cattle  went  0£* bviria.1 

moaning  up  and  down  the  fields,  won.  —  

dering  what  had  become  of  their  keep^Z^^^^Zx^Z^^^ 
er9; — the  rooks  and  the  ravens  came  may  <h'"k  it  ^est  u>  •«  procure * guod  cowhide  and  pro 

ti      t „  j   .  .i     •     _      .      .     cee4  to  settle  the  fo'lowing  question  ez-ptr-imentally  : — 

into  the  town  and  built  their  nests  ln^eiy,  which u the zuoatdiu-abis.cowhiae or esf/ttm?1' 

3* 


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SOUR  GRAPES. 
My  lore,  tliou'rt  fairer  than  the  dawn 

Of  April'*  brightest  day  : 
And  the  beauty  of  thy  chuck  outviea 

The  loveliest  tints  of  May  ; 
The  odoriferous  perfume* 

Which  load  the  spicy  gale, 
To  thy  sweet  life-inspiring  breath, 

Are  virtueless  and  stale. 

O,  how  enchantiugly  around 

That  polished  oeck  of  thine, 
Thy  artlt'sj  raven  tresses  bright 

In  glossy  ringlets  twine! 
And  they  wave  su  feulingly 

O'er  lieldsof  purest  pearl, 
Ten  thousand  beauties  spread  around 

Each  captivating  curl. 
Those  eyes,  do  turn  them,  dcir,  away, 

So  ravishly  thoy  roll, 
Those  sun-eclipsing  diamonds, 

That  pierce  my  inmost  soul ; 
Those  lips,  how  they  do  sparkle  forth 

Tho  ruby's  b<  ighlest  glow  ; 
And  thy  breast  outshines  in  purity 

Tho  wiutor'»  drifted  snow. 


Thv  voice,  oh  how  divinely  sweet  I 

'Tis  liko  the  seraph's  note, 
And  fairy  like,  a  perfect  form 

Sec  ins  o'er  the  air  to  float ; 
Words  cannot  tell,  nor  thought  can  dream 

Tho  pangs  I  undergo 
For  thee,  and  wilt  thou  not  be  mine, 

My  heavenly  angel  1 — u  No  /" 
What!  zounds  !  thou  red-haired  freckled  slut, 

Thou  garlick-brcath'd — old  maid, 
Thou  squinting,  raw  boned,  overgrown, 

Ungainly  croaking  jado ! 
What!  rid  of  thee!  ye  lucky  stara! 

I'm  thunderstruck  with  joy! 
I  would  not  marry  such  a  chub, 

For  all  the  wealth  ofTroy I  

•  Dick, '  said  a  master  to  hi*  servant  '  have  you  fed  the 
pig*  1  '  '  Ye*,  mm*,  mc  fed  M.  '  '  Did  70a  co-ini  them 
DickV    '  Yes,  me  count  um  all  but  one  '    '  All  Ml  one  1 

'  Yes,  ■  ,  all  but  one — dare  i<  one  little  fpeckled  pig 

he  frisk  about  §o  much  me  could'ni  co«ut  u».' 


FOP   A  NT)  FAUMRR. 
fop. 

Where  lios  the  path  to  honour,  ease,  and  wealth  1 
PARMER. 

Leave  that  to  fools, — be  mine  the  path  to  health  : 
1  trace  tliM  plough,  an  I  1 1  k •:  t hrr  Chinese  king, 
set  an  exam  pie  worth  man'i  folio  wiug. 
fop. 

Who  g-jides  the  plough?  who  but  the  vulgar  raoe, 
With  dirty  hauus,  old  cloliics  aud  sua  burnt  lac- 1 
PARMER. 

Let  mc  be  vulgar, — foud  of  industry, 
This  1  esteem  the  true  nobility. 
Be  my  hands  tarnished,  aud  my  conscience  clean , 
Old  be  my  Clothes,  they're  not  so  old  as  sin. 
Will  summer  suns  the  manly  skin  disgrace  ? 
Let  ifien  be  men,  and  spurn  the  infant's  face; 
The  thought  of  tanning  scarcely  would  affright 
The  males  for  freemen,  though  loo  fond  of  while. 
FOP. 

Well,  you  may  toil  and  sweat,  who  must  and  can, 
I  m us<*  not,  cannot, — I'm  a  gentleinau  ! 

FARMER. 

Well,  we  will  keep  the  good  old  honoured  track, 
Xorgcntlc  sloth  uor  pride  shall  turn  us  back. 
GoeJ  bye,  dear  sir,  if  Wisdom  finds  me  now, 
She'll  smiling  ask,  why  'Lisha  left  his  plough. 


Keep  Kim  till  you  tcanf  Aim.— Some  Jovial  fellows  pass- 
ing a  chcrful  evening  together,  on*  af  theiu  having  oranlc 
loo  freely  fed  faal  asleep  ;  which  his  companion!  perceiv- 
ing, obtained  n  tack,  into  which  ihey  put  1'ieir  .irovk  .y 
fri.-ud,  and  conveyed  him  to  a  well  known  surgeop,  from 
wnoni  ihey  rece.ved  a  guinea  ;  and  was  ciestrad  in  put  the 
subject  111  tbe  cellar,  which  having  been  done,  ami  lefi  '.lie 
hnese,  our  surgeon  went  10  examine  his  purchase.  The 
Jamp  air,  witu  lb«  men.  on  of  coming  from  the  sack,  had 
rou.e  I  the  Sleeping  subject,  and  he  wa*  endeavoring  10 
se  jusl  xs  our  surgeon  entered  the  cellar  ;  who  suspected 
the  trick,  and  immediately  followed  the  person  who 
brought  the  body,  wnoni  ne  overtook  at  the  corner  of  Uie 

treet,  and  slopping  linn  he  exclaimed,  "The  man  is  alive." 

'.So  much  t.ie  belter,''  answered  the  other,  "you  may 

keep  him  till  yon  waulhun,  "  aud  ran  otf. 

"  1  feel  quite  unwell,  and  will  take  a  little  brandy  and 
w  iter,"  sai.i  a  member  01  the  lemprrance  society,  who  wad 
promised  to  use  no  ardent  spirit,  nnlf—  he  was  sick.  "1  am 
very  nuwcll,  my  dear;  hand  me  a  little  snore  brandy." 
"  llti  e  Li  the  brandy,"  -ays  the  wife,  "  an  J  I  wi.h  the  so- 
ciety tur'.her  off;  lor  you  have  net  had  a  well  day  sines 
you  joined  it" 


A  wsj  stepped  into  a  cellar  in  South  Market  street,  Al- 
bany, and  inquired  the  price  of  oranzea.  "  One  cent  a 
piece  usholesaU,  and  sixpence  retnU. "—"  Then,  il  you 
please,  (at  the  same  lime  throwing  a  cent  upon  the  coun- 
ter) I'll  take  that  fine  plump  lellow  at  vkoletale." 


An  tvigic.  anttrer.  Wall,  Mr.  M.  (asked  an  acnuain- 
lance  of  a  celebrated  horse  dealer,  who  was  leaving  Long 
Pole  Wellesley  the  Other  day>haveyou  been  paid  your 
bill?  No,  (replied  the  hero  of  the  manger,)  1  always  gels 
su  evasiee  answer,  when  I  axes  for  it.  What  was  bii  ex- 
cuse to-day  1  (asked  the  inquirer.)  Vy,  he  said  he'd  see 
me  hung  first, (rel  11  rued  M.) 


The  invention  of  Shoes. — Sandals  were  most 
common  among  the  orientals.  As  they  wore 
mere  soles  of  wood  or  leather,  fastened  t  lh  J^t^^tT^^^^AS 
foot  with  stripes,  they  were  no  protection  from  lhe  mother .  he's  enJtled  to  half,  aint  he?'  Yes,  ma'am,' 
tho  dust ;  hence  arose  tho  hospitable  practice  of|,aid  the  boy,  1  hm  how  should  you  like  to  have  him  tike 
washin"  the  visiter's  feet — a  practice  so  much  out  all  the  soft  for  hi*  halt  7  He  will  have  his  half  out  of 
insisted  upon  by  public  opinion,  that  if  anv  one  -he  middle,  and  1  nave  to  sleep  bo',  .idea  of  bim  r 
passins  out  of  a' house  beat  the  dust  from  his  feet, 

it  showed  that  th6y  had  not  been  washed,  and  BEAUTY, 
left  on  the  house  tho  reproach  of  inhospitality,  W"hat  is  beauty  1  Alas  !  'tis  a  jewel — a  glass — 
which  was  the  deepest  of  all  dishonor.    The     A  bubble — a  plaything — a  rose — 
Greeks  and  Romans  added  the  moccasin  or  bus-  ;Tis  the  sun.  dew,  or  air;  'tis  so  many  things  raro 
kin  to  the  sandal; — the  former  was  worn  by     That 'tis  nothing  one  well  may  suppose, 
tragic  a'tors.    The  *«  make,  quite  a  figure  tn  ^  &  .      ,  ,      .      fc         ,  ,  brokcn 

English  history.  In  the  time  ot  Richard  L,  says 
Stow,  "  began  the  detestable  use  of  piked  shoes. 


the  toes  being  tied  up  to  the  knee  with  chains  of 
silver  or  gilt.  Edward  IV.,  says  the  same  histo- 
rian, ordained  "that  no  man  -weare  shooes  or 
boot*  having  toes  passing  two  inches  long;  no 
pcakes  of  boots  or  shooes  to  pass  that  length  on 
pain  of  cursing  by  the  clergic." 


A  bubble  that  vanisheth  soon 
A  plaything  that  boys  cast  away  when  it  cloya; 
A  rose  quickly  faded  and  strewn. 

Like  the  air  it  is  felt ;  like  snow  it  will  melt ; 

It  refresherth  the  earth  iike  the  dew ; 
And  as  nothii.^cau  vie  with  a  brilliant  blue  eye, 

Tis  like  nouiing,  sweet  lady,  but  you. 


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A  PARODY. 
Frrese  girls  are  all  a  fleeting  show, 

For  man's  U.usion  given  ; 
Their  smiles  of joy,  their  tears  of  wo, 
Deceitful  shine,  deceitful  flow, 

There's  not  one  true  in  ssveiu 

And  false  the  flash  of  beauty's  eye, 

As  fading  hue  of  even — 
And  love  and  laughter  aU's  a  lio, 
And  hopes  awakened  nut  to  die  ; 

There's  not  one  true  in  seven. 

Poor  mushrooms  of  a  stormy  day  ! 

Yet  bloom  and  be  forgiven — 
For  life's  >it  best  a  dream — away, 
Dull  drowsy  thought — I'll  join  the  gay, 

Aud  romp  with  alt  the  seven. 

ANSWER  TO  A  PARODY. 
Oh!  men!  you're  all  a  fleeting  show, 

For  our  amusement  given, 
Your  smiles  and  tears  are  false,  tee  know, 
Though  at  our  will  they  shine  and  flow  : 

We  trust  not  onein  scvoi. 

The  seeming  worth  in  which  you  plume 

Fades  like  the  hues  of  even, 
The  mask  of  kindness  you  assume, 
But  faintly  hides  your  real  gloom  : 

There  is  not  one  good  in  seven. 

Poor  wanderers  through  life's  changing  day  ! 

From  fair  to  fair  you're  driven, 
And  while  we  flirt  the  hours  away, 
And  when  we're  tired,  'tis  but  to  say, 

Good  by,  your  chain  is  riven. 

Variation  of  the  last  verse. 
Poor  creatures  !  Yet  when  on  our  way, 

By  accident!  you're  driven  ; 
We  light  your  darkness  with  a  ray — 
A  ray  of  hope — and  kindly  aay, 
you're  foi 


Go,  wretches  ! 


torgiven. 


RIDDLE, 
I  am  always  in  the  mountain. 
Ever  at  the  fountain, 
May  be  seen  in  every  look, 
And  found  in  every  book, 
Aud  there  is  no  crook  without  me. 

I  am  ever  with  the  old, 

And  in  every  story  told, 

May  be  seen  with  the  young, 

And  also  with  the  strong, 

And  there  is  no  wrong  without  roe* 

May  be  heard  in  every  sound, 

Found  alway3iu  the  ground, 

Seen  in  every  cloud, 

Ever  with  the  proud, 

And  there  is  no  crowd  without  me.- 

I  am  always  in  the  ocean, 
And  ever  in  commotion, 
Always  in  society, 
Ever  with  propriety, 

And  above  all,  am  a  fit  emblem  of  eternity. 

A  good  om. — A  gentleman  in  his  eagerness  at  l»ble  lo 
iswerarall  for  S"mc  apple  pie,  owing  to  the  knife  slidin» 
i  the  bottom  of  the  dim,  lo  md  his  knuckles  buried  in  U:e 
crust,  when  ii  wag,  wWo  was  scaled  just  opposite  to  him, 
very  gravely  observed  ,wh;L-t  he  held  his  plate,  "  Sir,  may 
I  trouble  you  f»r  a.  bit,  whilst  your  hand's  in  ?" 

EPITAPH  OX  A  COUNTRY  SHOPKEEPER. 
Cotton  and  Cambrics,  all  adieu, 
And  mutlins,  too,  farewell! 
Plain,  striped  and  figured,  old  and  new, 
Three  quarters  yard  or  ell— 
By  yard  and  nail,  I've  measured  ye, 
As  customers  inclined ; 
The  church  i/ard  has  now  measured  mo, 
And  nails  my  coffin  bind — 
But  my  kind  and  worthy  friends, 
Who  dealt  with  me  below, 
I'm  gone  to  measure  time's  long  end, 
You'll  follow  me,  [  know.  


An  English  gentleman  was  complaining  bitterly  once]  U  js  rel-ucd  of  .Sheridan,  that  one  of  his  physicians  rs  • 
loan  itinerant  fisherman  who  scca_-iiunally  suppl.ed  h:m  monslrai'wgw  itb  him  .hi  his  h  ib.t  of  drinking  ardeut  spirit*, 
with  fUh,  that  a  lobster,  which  he' had  purchased  of  him  telling  him  that  the  b.andy,  orbnebuscake,  anc!  eau  de  co- 
the  day  before,  was  not ';  quiie  fiesh.  "  Yell,  mister,  "logne  ha  swallowed,  would  burn  off  the  coat  of  his  stom- 
cried  the  fisherman,  "  and  whose  fault's  thai,  1  ronder>  ?'ach,  he  replied,  "Then  my  siomach  must  digest  with  ita 
I've  cried  hnn  by  your  house  «very  day  for  a  fortnight ;'  w*ifitcoal,  for  1  cannot  help  it." 

yon  might  have  bought  him  before  if  you're  so  wery  pe-j  .  

tii;kler-  "   !     Very  natural— Married  at  Hobertville,  Me.  by  the  Rer 

iThomas  Thaw,  Mr.  Edward  Spring  to  Miss  Margaret 
A  country  pedagogne  once  having  the  misfortune  to  have1  Winier.  A  thaw,  we  find,  generally  turns  Winter  intfl 
his  school-.iouse  burnt  down,  was  obliged  to  remove  to  ^Spring. 
new  one,  where  he  reprimanded  one  ol  "the  boys,  who  mis-' 
spelt  a  n  imner  ol  words,  by  telling  him  he  did  not  spell  as 
well  as  wheji  he  was  in  the  old  school  house.  "Well,  thome- 
how  nothcr,"  said  the  urchin  with  a  scowl,  "  I  can'i 
■ethackly  git  the  hang  of  this  ere  new  school  house." 


-Epigram  on  a  large  fleshy  person. 
Ail  flesh  is  grass  !  thus  doth  the  scriptures  say: 
All  grass,  when  cut,  and  dried,  is  lurn'd  to  hay  ! 


Angler — A  stick  and  a  string,  with  a  worm  at  out  enJj 
and  a  fool  at  Uie  other.—  Dean  Swift. 


The  late  Judge  Peters,  who,  with  many  excel- 
lent qualities,  possessed  facetiousness  in  a  gro3t 
degree,  used  to  relate  a  joke  at  his  own  expense, 
which  is  too  good  to  be  lost :  The  Judge  having 
rode  into  Philadelphia  from  his  cuurury  seat  ia 


Thculo  !  to  ihee,  when  death  his  scythe  shall  take;  the  vicinity,  dismounted  from  his  horse  oppos 
Oh  !  conscience,  what  a  hay-stack  thouwilt  make!  t|ie  dwell' 


An  Eastern  e  litor  says  he  has 
which  he  wishes  to  swap  for  a  farm. 


first-rate  headache, 


KISSING. 
And  if  it  wore  not  lawful, 

The  lawyers  would  not  use  it ; 
And  if  it  were  not  pious, 

The  clergy  would  not  choose  it ; 
And  if 'twere  not  a  dainty  thing, 

The  ladies  would  not  crave  it ; 

And  if  it  were  not  plentiful, 

The  poor  girls  could  net  have  it. 


of  a  gentleman  m  Market -street, 
[with  whom  Tie  had  business;  not  finding  a  con. 
'venience  for  se-euring  his  horse,  he  beckoned  to  a 
,man  repairing  the  street,  who,  touching  his  hat, 
jasked  in  the  dialect  of  his  country  "  What'll  yer 
Ihonoi  be  plazed  for  to  hav  ?"  "  Hold  my  koiss, 
my  lad,"  saitl  the  Judge,  "whil*  I  just  go  into 
It  his  house  for  a  few  minutes."  a  Plaze  ye?  h'"-iror, 
will  he  bite;"  «*Oh,  no."  "Will  he  kick;" 
■■  No,  no.'1  "  Can  one  man  heuld  him  V'  «  Y^ 
my  good  fellow,  easily."  "  Well,  than  yer  lo*&fc 
or'll  be  plaz-sxi  to  be  after  hotildin  htm  y«^&eif.,, 

The  Jtdses  dc  ighted  with  kre  wit,  Uirw  him  a 
pieoe  of  salvor  in  testimony     his  eaiiffkctiau. 


t 


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*.V)mt  Innfl  Is  fhm,  po  nleefy  bound 
fdy  Massachusetts  ami  the  Sound, 
Rhode  bland  and  New  York,  around; 
Where  Yankee"  thick  as  hops  arc  found, 
Ami  hasty. puddings  do  abound  1 
What  land     (hat,  where  George,  the  King, 
Did  <>'c  r  the  sea  his  fetters  fling. 
And  think  to  link  us  in  their  riflg, 
Which  gave  tlie  cry,  "  !/>/ e'.v  no  such  thing,' 

Whose  sons  did  Yankee  Doodle  sing? 
What  land  is  that,  where  folks  are  said 
To  bi  so  scrupulously  bred, 
To  he  bo  steady  habited  ; 
Where  hearty  girls  and  boys  are  led 
Willi  pumpkin  pies,  ami  gingerbread  1 
Wnat  lan  I  is  that,  wher»>  old  Time  walks 
In  steady 'pace,  o'er  maple  blocks  ; 
FotaBkei  his  glass,  for  wooden  clocks  ; 
Where  beads  too  nigh,  will  meet  with  knocks? 
And  laud  were  more,  if  (ewer  rocks? 
What  land  is  that  where  onions  grow, 
When-  maidens'  m  ck-  ar>  v.  hii«-  as  snow, 
And  cheeks  like  roses,  red  you  know  ; 
Where  Johnny  canes  are  baked  m  dough, 
That  land  where  milk  and  honey  llow  ? 
What  {and  is  that,  whence  peddlers  come, 
A  thousand  miles  or  more  Irom  home, 
Wi;h  tin,  with  bass  wood  trenchers;  some 
Wnti  [Miii-rn  nutniL".'«,  and  m  w  rum  ; 
T  >  Batntt  up  the  coppers  /  hum  ! 
What  I  ind  is  that,  where  1  can  trace 
My  nineteenth  cousin  by  his  face; 
Where  onoe  I  fish'd  for  little  dace, 
And  never  learn  d  the  deuce  from  ace, 
Where  grandmamma  this  Digkl  says  grace? 
What  land  is  that,  where  parsons  live, 
Whan  mm  hear  gospel,  and  believe; 
Where  humble  sinners  seek  reprieve; 
Where  women  stay  at  home  and  area  re, 
Nor  gad  withoul  their  husbands'  leave  ? 
What  land  is  that,  when  we  behold, 
And  all  jts  history  unfold, 
And  all  abOUl  the  land  is  told, 
We  like  most  things,  but  some  we  scold? 
Ah  !  gentle  reader,  that  is  old 

Co  WJCTtrtTT. 


A  gentleman  ai 
,|  tor  a  I. v.nf  J 


bomb 

What  Ibfld  recollections  thou  brlngestto  rlow, 
Dear  home  of  my  childhood  I  ol  pleasure",  that 

jrrew 

On  lov.'.s  shiuine  altar  and  friendship's  fair  shrine! 
<),  could  1  return,  and  again  call  you  mine! 

Methinks  from  thy  gardens  bedecked  with  tweet 
(lowers, 

Whan  roaqwd  I,  delighted,  in  yf.uth's  sunny 
I  hwar  the  u'lad  voires of  fi iends ever  dear  Jhours, 
Haying,  come,  O,  return,  thei*  is  happiness  here. 

Thy  fir  I.N  and  thy  forests  in  beauty  arrayed, 
With  spring's  brightest  pictures  of  sunshine  and 

shade, 

Siill  haunt  me  liku  visions  of  ni<rht,  when  the  mind, 
\N  rapped  in  -lumbers,  leaves  earth  and  its  trouble* 

behind. 

The  lowing  of  herds  on  thy  verdure-clad  hills, 
The  bleating  ol  flocks,  by  thy  i  lear,  gurgling rills, 
Are  notes,  though  long  p.^st,  give  me  purest  delight, 
And  back  t  >  those  acenea  my  fond  heart  oft  invits. 

Thy  lawns  tinged  with  crimson  and  green  I  still 

v»ew  ; 

Thy  vulleys  and  meadows  bespangled  with  dew, 
Are  liiv-h  i.i  mv  senses,  and  lam  would  I  lly 
To  greet  theo  again  'neath  my  youth's  sunny  sky. 

The  atream,  bj  whose  waters  delighted  I  roved, 
in  lifo'a  happy  morning,  with  friend*  that  I  lovud 
."•till  sparkles  and  smiles  'mid  the  sunbeam  and 
But  I  am  not  there  to  behold  it  again.         [rain  : 

0  fafe  !  thou  art  cruel  to  tear  me  away 

1  r  un  aeenea  thus  endeared  by  a  happier  day  : 
lint  though  I'm  afar,  and  may  never  return, 
I'll  sip  these  rich  pleasures  from  memory  a  urn. 

Thy  gardens,  thy  meadows,  thy  forests  of  green  ; 
Thy  valleys,  thy  hills,  and  thy  waters  serene ; 
Fhy  flocka  and  thy  herds,  and  thy  dew-spangled 
lawn,  [and  scorn. 

Have  charms,  which  defy  the  world's  sneering 

And  when  o'er  the  bleak  northern  mountains  I 

roam, 

I'll  sometimes  revisit  thee,  home,  happy  home  I 
_  Or  through  the  deep  valley  1  wend  my  lone  way, 
.el«  ilule  barest  boy  n*!mi  hi*  mother.*1/  Uioughts  back  to  childhood's  sweet  scenes 
SUe  taia  old  victuals,  *.r,'  was  ihe  reply.  I        Shall  Pit  Stray.  


~~ n     ,  ,     ,  wk..  a  .  „•  ,,  .„  .„     o  .„,    i,\    An  Irishman  going  lo  be  hanged,  beeg.-d  thai  ilie  rope 

jp  u  'em  dere  lo  try  y  >n.>  


i  down  agai 


I  only  ,Kur 
  thai  il 


said  Pal,  1  I  am  M  remark  'lily  ticklish  in  the  throat, 
tied  there,  I'll  certainly  kill  mys.  If  wiih  laughter.' 


An  avaricious  tiypnehon  driac  il  gentium  tn  f  oicied  hiraselfl  1  

to  He  very  much  out  of  health  ;  Inn  being  too  penutiOM  to|  a  gentleman  in  the  country  lately  addressed  a  panion- 
pay  a  doctor's  lee,  ihonght  he  would  steal  an  opinion  con-  ,ue  billet  do'i*  to  a  lady  in  the  same  t..wn,  adding  thU 
bernlng  h's  case-  Accordingly,  one  day,  bmng  in  familiar;,., ,r;0ul  postscript—'  lJle..se  to  send  a  speedy  answer,  at  I 
c..uver*auon  with  one  of  the  facul'y,  he  aske-l  him  what  I  have  somebody  cl.c  in  my  eye.' 

lie  sho  il.l  lake  lor  such  a  e- imp. aim.    '•  1  will  tell  you,",  '■  

.aid  ihe  doctor.  "  you  should  tuke  advice.''  |    Pickling  eld  Pork  I  —  Married,  at  Liberty  Town,  111., 

 -r—TZ   TT\  ;  Bewail  S.  tackle,  Esq.,  aged  2&,  to  Mis,  CUn  Maria 

Ways  and  Means  — Two  Irishmen  who  were,p0rk,  aged  G-2t 

travelling  together,  got  out  Of  money,  and  beine  in i  '   ',  ~~ — 

.-ant  of  a  drink  of  whiskey,  devised  the  following  Jlgg^Sl  tS w..Tc'cV,?  T  ll^VZ 
ways  and  means  ;  PaliuA  catching  a  frog  out  ol  u  s,n.„oeri!ai  MUt1.  drnmrnitj  round  a  corner,  and  skh 
the  brook,  went  forward,  and  the  first  tavern  he  like — he'd  drum  the  shirt  tail  otl'of  any  thing  ever  I  heard, 
came  to,  asked  the  landlord  what  creature  that 


was.  'Itisa  frog,'  replied  the  landlord.  'No. 
sir,'  said  Pat.  ' it  is  a  mouse.'  'It  is  a  frog,'  re 
joined  the  landlord.    '  It  is  a  mouse,'  sail  Pat 


Tit  for  Tat. — A  fellow  who  was  sparring  with 
an  open  hand,  without  muflers.  struck  his'oppi)- 
nent  a  savage  blow  in  the  face,  which  brought  the 


and  I  will  leave  it  to  the  first  traveller  that  comeslblood  from  his  nose  ;  and  perceiving  his  antago- 
alonsr,  for  a  pint  of  whiskey.'  '  Agreed,'  said  thelnist  was  about  to  retaliate  in  the  same  unceremoni- 
landlord.  Murphy  soon  arrived,  and  to  him  wasioua  style,  he  exclaimed,  '  What,  can't  you  bear  a 
the  appeal  made.  After  much  examination  and  thump  3'  'Yes,'  replied  the  other,  'I'll  let  you 
deliberation,  it  was  decided  to  be  a  mouse;  andisee  that  I  can  not  only  bear  a  thump,  but  thump 
the  landlord,  in  spite  of  the  evidenc*  of  his  senses,  la  bear;'  and  turning  to  in  earnest,  he  gave  the 
paid  the  bet.  _  rullian  a  hearty  mauling. 


33 


THE  HILLS. 
°"  The  hills!  the  '  everlasting  hills  1 1 

How  peerlessly  they  rise, 
Like  Earth's  gigantic  sentinels 

Disaoursing  in  the  skies  ; 
Hail !  Nature's  storm  proof  fortresses, 

By  Freedom's  children  trod  ! 
Hail !  ye  invulnerable  walls — 

The  masonry  of  God  ! 
When  t!ie  dismantled  pyramids 

Shall  blend  with  desert  dust, 
When  every  temple  '  made  with  hands' 

Is  faithless  to  its  trust, 
Ye  shall  not  stoop  your  Titam  crests — 

Magnificent  as  now  ! 
Till  your  almighty  architect 

In  thunder  bids'  thee  bow  ! 
I  love  the  torrents  strong  and  fierce 

That  to  die  plain  ye  fling, 
Which  gentle  flowers  drink  at  their  goal 

And  eagles  at  their  spring  ; 
And,  when  arrested  in  their  speed 

By  winter's  wend  of  frost, 
The  brilliant  and  fantastic  forms 

In  which  their  waves  are  toss'd. 
Glorious  ye  are,  when  noon:s  fierce  beams 

Your  naked  summits  smite, 
As  o'er  ye  Day's  great  lamp  hangs  pois'd 

In  cloudless  chrysolite ; 
Glorious,  when  o'er  ye  sunset  clouds 

Like  broider'd  curtains  lie — 
Sublime,  when  thro' dim  moonlight  looms 

Your  spectral  majesty. 
I  love  your  iron-sinewed  race — 

Have  shared  your  rugged  fare ; 
The  thresholds  of  whose  evrie  homes 

Look  out  on  boundless  air  ;  M 
Bold  hunters,  who  from  highest  clefts 

The  wild  goat's  trophies  bring. 
And  crest  their  bonnets  with  the  plumes ^ 

Of  your  aerial  king  I  ^fl 
I  It  ve  the  mountain  maidens  : 

Their  step's  elastic  spring 
Is  light,  as  if  some  viewless  bird  ^ 

Upbuoy'd  them  with  its  wing  ; 
Theirs  is  the  wild,  unfet*?r'd  grace 

That  art  hath  never  spoil'd, 
And  theirs  the  healthful  purity 

That  fashion  hath  not  soil'd. 
Mountains!  I  dwell  not  with  ye  now, 

To  climb  ye,  and  rejoice  ; 
And  round^uie  boometh,  as  I  write, 

A  ciowded  city's  voice  : 
But  oft  in  watches  of  the  night, 

When  sleep  the  turmoil  stills, 
My  spirit  seems  to  walk  abroad 

Among  ye,  miffhtv  hills  ! 

Wit  on  a  dealn-bcd  — Swift's  Stella,  in  her  last  illness, 
being  visited  by  her  physician,  he  said,  'Madam,. I  hope 
we  shall  soon  get  you  up  the  hill  again.'  '  Ah,'  said  she, 
*  I  am  afraid  before  I  get  to  the  top  of  the  hill,  I  shall  be 
out  of  breath-4 

A  Worthless  Gift.-VtA.Unte  tells  of  a  beggar 
asking  alms  in  the  suburbs  of  Madrid,  when  a 
passer-by  saiti  to  him,  'Are  you  not  ashamed  to 
follow  that  infamous  employment,  as  you  are 
able  to  work  ? '  To  which  the  beggar  smartly 
replied,  '  Sir,  I  ask  your  charity— not  your  advice/ 


WHY  DON'T  HE  COMET 
Why  don't  he  cornel    'Twas  yesternight 

I  met  him  on  the  green  ; 
The  moon  was  shining  mildly  bright 

The  fleecy  clouds  between  ; 
The  girls  came  out  so  merrily, 

From  every  cottage  door, 
And  wished  us  joy  so  cheerily, 

And  talked  "the  matter"  o'er. 

Why  don't  he  come  1    'Tis  Thursday  night, 

The  stars  begin  to  shine, 
Oh  !  'tis  a  melancholy  light — 

'T>3  but  nn  hour  of  nine. 
Why  don't  he  come  1    The  wedding  dress 

Has  been  prepared  for  years  ; 
How  pretty  it  will  be — alas, 

I'm  smiling  through  my  tears. 

Why  don't  he  come  7    The  bunch  of  flowers 

I  ve  culled  with  so  much  care, 
Are  on  the  stand — oh  where  is  he 

For  whom  1  placed  them  there  1 
Why  don't  he  come  1    If  he  were  ill 

He'd  surely  let  me  know  : 
My  throbbing  heart,  lie  still,  lie  still, 

"He  will  not  leave  thee  so. 

Courtship. — A  gentleman  feeling  a  stron?  par- 
tiality for  a  young  lady  whose  name  was  Jfoyes, 
was  desirous,  without  the  ceremony  of  a  formal 
courtship,  to  ascertain  her  sentiments,  For  this 
purpose  he  said  to  her  one  day,  with  that  kind  of 
air  and  manner  which  means  either  jest  or  earnest, 
as  you  choose  to  take  it — 1  If  1  were  to  ask  you 
whether  you  are  under  matrimonial  engagements 
to  any  one,  which  pan  of  your  name  (No— yes) 
might  I  take  for  an  answer  1 ' 

'The  first,'  said  she  in  the  same  tone. 

'And  were  I  to  ask  if  you  were  inclined  to  form 
snch  an  engagement,  should  a  person  offer  who 
loved  you,  and  was  not  indifferent  to  yourself, 
what  part  of  your  name  might  I  then  take  as  an 

I  tell  you  that  I  love  you.  and  ask  you 
ich  an  engagement  with  we,  then  what 
ur  name  may  I  take  ? 1 
en,'  replied  the  Blushing  girl,  '  take  the 
me ;  as  in  such  a  csae  I  would  cheerfully 

resign  it  for  yours.' 
It  is  almost  needless  to  add,  that  they  were  soon 

after  married. 


A  TOUCHSTONE  FOB  THE  TIMES. 
Midas,  (we  read,)  with  wondrous  art,  of  old, 
Whate'er  he  touched,  at  once  transformed  to  gold  ; 
This,  modern  statesmen  can  reverse  with  oas<> 
Touch  them  with  gold,  they'll  turn  to  what  you 
please. 

Two  things  are  difficult  for  man  to  do  : 
'Tis,  to  be  selfish  and  be  honest  too. 

Bait.— One  animal  impaled  upon  a  ho*k,  in  «rd«r  U 
torture  a  second,  for  the  amusement  of  a  third. 


Thou  speakest  ill  of  me, 
And  I  speak  well  of  thee  ; 
Luckless  art  thou — luckless  am  I, 
For  every  body  knows. --both  lie. 


Happiness  ever  flies  away  fastest  when  most 
eagerly  pursued  ;  and  no  galley  slaves  labor  harder 
than  those  who  devote  their  Uvea  to  the  pursuit  of 
pleasure, 


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